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but his win in court today doesn t seem to have guaranteed him a chance to defend his title. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. the atp welcomed the court ruling, but called for greater clarity over the rules. a statement said the atp fully respects the sacrifices the people of australia have made since the onset of covid 19 and the stringent immigration policies that have been put in place. the series of events leading to monday s court hearing have been damaging on all fronts, including for novak s well being and preparation for the australian open. i m joined now by sports journalist daniel cherny in melbourne. it s great to have you on the programme. just to get a sense at this point in time of where you think the immigration row could go from here. could the immigration minister still very legitimately cancel his visa, and what what the implications of that be?
guaranteed him a chance to defend his title. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. the atp welcomed the court ruling, but called for greater clarity over the rules. a statement said. i ve been speaking to sports journalist daniel cherny in melbourne, he says there s still a chance the immigration minister could cancel his visa. everyone in australia, most australians are probably, you know, fans around the world are waiting with baited breath to see what happens with the immigration minister s decision. it could come at any moment now. i think that would
they caught a glimpse of him by they were dispersed by police with teargas. the winner in court does not seem to have guaranteed djokovic a chance to defend his title. his win. the atp welcomed the court ruling, but called for greater clarity over the rules. a statement said: the series of events leading to monday s court hearing have i ve been speaking to sports journalist daniel cherny in melbourne, he says there s still a chance the immigration minister could cancel his visa. everyone in australia, most australians and probably tennis fans around the world, are waiting with baited breath to see what happens, with what the immigration minister alex hawke decides to do and it really could
in melbourne, it is absolutely huge. indeed. daniel, just in terms of what the australian government is trying to do here because it is fair to say there has been some fair amount of confusion over the initial way that this story unfolded. what is the message that the government is trying to send on this? a good question and i suppose we will probably see depending on what happens, whether the visa gets revoked. i mean, i think broadly speaking the government has tried to get across the message that you needed to be vaccinated to get into the country and you need to have a really compelling exemption if you re not vaccinated and there s serious questions as to whether the nature of djokovic s exemption was legitimate. i think there is a separate matter of what happened when he got to melbourne airport early last week and he was unable to get in. that was more of an administrative issue and that s i think what the federal court decided yesterday, that the judge