Djokovic to play at Australian Open

Australian Immigration Minister Andrew Giles decided that Djokovic could: if you want to apply for a visa Speaking to EFE on Tuesday, a government source asked not to be identified as they were not authorized to speak to the press to attend the championship in Melbourne. Serbian tennis player who wants to win his twenty-second Grand Slam and draw with Spaniard Rafael Nadal. has not yet confirmed his participation in the Australian tournament, which he won nine times.

Djokovic deported by Australian authorities in mid-January this year, shortly before the start of the Australian Open, while trying to enter the country on a medical waiver to play the first major tournament of the season without the vaccine. When he arrived in the country, the Australian Government, then held by the Liberal-National coalition, questioned the validity of this exemption, keeping him at the airport and attempting to deport the athlete for violating the measures against covid-19. In that case passengers were required to have the full schedule of the vaccine against the virus or a valid receipt. Locked in a hotel guarded by immigrants, Djokovic appealed the authorities’ decision.

After an intense legal battle, the plenary of the Federal Court of Australia decided that the player’s presence in the ocean country risk to health and public order because it can spur protests by anti-vaccine movements. The tennis player was finally deported and three-year entry ban.

Djokovic’s lawyers in Australia have been seeking the suspension of this entry ban for months, arguing that the ocean country has lifted all restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

The Djokovic scandal comes at a time when Australia, which has tightly closed its borders during the health crisis, is facing an increase in Covid-19 cases.