open starts next month. is djokovic the favourite for that grand slam as well? i would say so. he had great success on hard courts but alcaraz is the defending champion. you cannot also count out the likes of casper ruud or sinner or stefanos tsitsipas, so there are guys in the mix but certainly the two favourites are the two players we saw in the wimbledon final on sunday. thank you so much for your thoughts on a very exciting wimbledon final. and before we go, it may have been raining in miami but that didn t stop inter miami from unveiling their newest signing argentine star lionel messi during a ceremony on sunday, messi received his new number 10 jersey and told fans at the team s packed stadium that he wants to help the team compete.
begin to think about retirement. father time is undefeated. eventually novak djokovic will hang up the racquet but this is someone who is very motivated. he wants to finish his career atop the list of being the all time men s singles grand slam champion. so he does have 23 now, he is still healthy and i think as the slams continue to happen, novak djokovic, if he is in them he is still going to be tough to beat and hopefully we get more of these epic battles between djokovic and alcaraz. looking ahead, the us open starts next month. is djokovic the favourite for that grand slam as well? i would say so. he had great success on hard courts but alcaraz is the defending champion. you cannot also count out the likes of casper ruud
vaccinated. novak djokovic arrived back in his home country of serbia after australian authorities canceled his visa on public health and order grounds. the serbian government outraged by the political intervention. translator: i think the decision is scandalous. i am disappointed and i think it has shown how the rule of law functions in some other countries i.e. how it doesn t function. it s incredible. reporter: australia s immigration minister argued djokovic who is unvaccinated but sought medical exemption to play in the open could incite the country s anti-vaxers. it was their final volley in a drawn out legal grudge match that saw him detained by immigration authorities twice in a matter of weeks. djokovic has been widely criticized for remaining unvaccinated and for breaking self-isolation in serbia. after testing positive in december, he attended a photo shoot in person. here in belgrade the tennis star
in the country will have to be vaccinated with no exceptions. is djokovic facing similar issues with other tournaments? reporter: the short answer is yes, anderson. right now he is on track to miss the french open. after that there is wimbledon but he ll have to show up there plenty early in order to complete the mandatory ten-day quarantine period in england. he could also have real issues with the u.s. open. even getting into the united states. right now the u.s. is not allowing unvaccinated foreign visitors into the country and there is no exemption for pro athletes. even if he could somehow get into the country he could have problems with the local regulations in new york which bar unvaccinated people from indoor sports venues. of course most of the tennis courts are outdoors but if it rained and they closed the retractable roof at arthur ashe stadium suddenly novak djokovic has an issue. thank you. up next on this day honoring martin luther king jr. we ll
jurisdictional error. all that remains is that the decision is quashed. so, whether the court will make that decision tomorrow is another story because there are a lot of matters to consider. at the end of the day, the court willjust say this is a nullity. what is interesting is the response from the minister which hasjust interesting is the response from the minister which has just come through now, which shows an extraordinary doubling down, i guess, and makes it very clear that the minister of current affairs doesn t want novak djokovic in the country. djokovic in the country. from your persoective. djokovic in the country. from your persoective. is djokovic in the country. from your perspective, is that djokovic in the country. from your perspective, is that a djokovic in the country. from your perspective, is that a political- perspective, is that a political stance? that s about saying we ve all had such privations in this country, we can t have someone come in apparentl