in court for the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him to be thrown out. they say he can t be sued because of an agreement signed by his accuser, virginia giuffre. despite strict covid rules, novak djokovic will be allowed to defend his australian open title without being vaccinated as he s granted a medical exemption. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it really doesn t get much tougher than this. the chinese city of yuzhou has been put into lockdown after recording just three cases of covid, all of them asymptomatic, as china shows its determination to continue with its zero covid strategy. residents won t be allowed
presented him with postage stamps in his honour the men s world no one tweeted about it the day afterwards, on the 17th. it comes as renata veracova, a czech doubles player, left australia this morning after her visa was cancelled because of her covid 19 vaccination status. djokovic, who has said he s opposed to vaccination, had been granted a medical exemption to play in the tournament in a decision that infuriated many australians. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has the latest from melbourne. the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. and his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesday. the documents his legal team presented to the court state he d received the exemption from tennis australia with a follow up letter
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let s talk more about our main story. tennis star novak djokovic faces deportation from australia after being denied entry over an issue with his visa. the world number one says he d been granted a vaccine exemption ahead of the australian open, which he won last year. we re joined now by shane mcinnes, a sports journalist who s based in melbourne . good morning. peoplejust waking up on this side of the world, can you explain where we are and where is djokovic? what is happening? i think it is a situation djokovic? what is happening? i think it is a situation we djokovic? what is happening? i think it is a situation we didn t djokovic? what is happening? i think it is a situation we didn t see - it is a situation we didn t see ourselves it is a situation we didn t see ourselves being in 24 hours ago but i’ilht ourselves being in 24 hours ago but right at ourselves being in 24 hours ago but right at this ourselves being in 24 hours ago but right at this point of time, novak
infection last month. djokovic was denied entry after landing in melbourne this week to play in the australian open. he s currently in an immigration detention centre, ahead of an appeal hearing on monday. a second player, renata voracova from the czech republic, has now left australia after having her visa cancelled. shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. and his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesday. the documents his legal team presented to the court state he d received the exemption from tennis australia, with a follow up letter