the australian open begins, a judge will now decide whether the nine time champion will be able to defend his title. shaima khalil, bbc news, melbourne. more now on how people in serbia might serbia feel about the situation. guy de launey is our correspondent in the capital belgrade. what is the reaction been like? rally outside, assembly, once again here in belgrade. people turning up in their hundreds to hear from the djokovic family so his mum and mum and dad and his brother as well, and they were talking about their latest contact with the world tennis number one for men, his brother saying he was very gratefulfor all one for men, his brother saying he was very grateful for all the support people in serbia have sent to him and hoping for the right verdict from an independentjudge. verdict from an independent judge. but verdict from an independentjudge. but his mother saying that phrase old novak hasn t been getting
ball is in the court of the immigration minister and in a couple of hours time, maybe even as we speak, we will know a final decision. speak, we will know a final decision- speak, we will know a final decision. ., , ~ speak, we will know a final decision. ., ~ ., ,, decision. professor anderson, thank ou ve decision. professor anderson, thank you very much- decision. professor anderson, thank you very much. professor decision. professor anderson, thank you very much. professorjack- you very much. professorjack anderson from the university of melbourne. our correspondent guy de launey is in the serb capital belgrade. we heard the djokovic family has been reacting to this, tell us a bit more detail about that and detail of the wider country? the wider country? novak s brother has been on the wider country? novak s brother has been on tv the wider country? novak s brother has been on tv here the wider country? novak s brother has been on tv here in the wider country? novak s
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because his lawyers will have to prove the australian border force didn t follow the law correctly. what his legal team will say is that the process was unfair and the decision was unreasonable. they point to communication between tennis australia and all of the players that if you have had covid in the last six months that s a good enough reason for a medical exemption from vaccination. within the last few hours the australian government have replied, and they say there is no such thing as an assurance of entry by a non citizen australia, and they argue that if the court rules in novak djokovic s favour they have the power to detain him once again and cancel his visa once again. him once again and cancel his visa once again- once again. thanks very much, russell. guy de launey is in the serbian capital belgrade what s been the reaction there? as you can imagine, there is a lot of support for novak djokovic here. his family have been holding support rallies outside the national asse
him. our correspondent guy de launey is in the serb capital belgrade. an emotional press conference from novak djokovic s family, not surprisingly, is serbian public opinion with them? it surprisingly, is serbian public opinion with them? surprisingly, is serbian public oinion with them? , , . opinion with them? it depends which wa ou opinion with them? it depends which way you look opinion with them? it depends which way you look at opinion with them? it depends which way you look at it, opinion with them? it depends which way you look at it, and opinion with them? it depends which way you look at it, and if opinion with them? it depends which way you look at it, and if you - opinion with them? it depends which way you look at it, and if you look i way you look at it, and if you look at the serbian media, the tabloid media, certainly, every day they have been 100% behind novak djokovic channel 100% against australia, and you would not have wanted to be reading the serbian me