To stay in australia and defend his title in the first grand slam of the year. he s facing deportation from the country after having his visa revoked when he arrived in melbourne. there was a public outcry when he was given a medical exemption from strict vaccine rules to defend his australian open title. tournament organisers said djokovic s medical exemption had been granted by two independent medical panels organised by tennis australia and victoria state. but border officials said he had failed to provide appropriate evidence for entry after arriving on wednesday from dubai. the decision is now with the courts, and the australian pm scott morrison said no one was being singled out and rules are rules. djokovic s father, srdjan djokovic, said his son was being held in a room guarded by police at the airport and said that, this is notjust a fight for novak, but a fight for the whole world. rafael nadal had little sympathy
Federer, he is the favourite to end his career as the most decorated male player of all time. you never know what is around the corner. if you are not vaccinated, it is getting increasingly hard to enter countries. the usa for example, the rules are that you need to be vaccinated to enter the usa. would they make an exception for novak djokovic in the us open? when the us open rolls around at the end of august? possibly not. he will take every opportunity he can to try and win this battle. in the meantime, he is being publicly shamed effectively. i m very uncomfortable with that side of things, it feels as if he is being tarred and feathered and paraded down in virtual high street. at the same time, he has brought this on himself. he has made it clear he is against vaccinations. it could have had the vaccination and be accepted into the country. he released a post on social media which was saying that he was arriving in the medical exemption was in place. that was not the perfect tone.
She gave us the latest. we don t know if he has to stay on at the hotel until monday. we do know he is allowed to stay in australia until monday, because the hearing from his legal team challenging the decision by the australian authorities to deport him has been adjourned until monday. the judge said to both sides they need to prepare their arguments, they need to submit evidence, but through the weekend, and then this case will resume on monday morning. whether he s going to stay here where we believe he is being held or is going to be moved somewhere else, presumably with some facilities so he can train, we don t know yet. but we do know he s landed in the middle of a controversy that just kept getting bigger and more confusing. he was held for hours in melbourne airport, questioned by the border force about his visa application and the exemption from the vaccine, and then it was decided that he didn t meet the rules to enter and that he was to be deported. this is now being questio
This is bbc news. the headlines. novak djokovic will have to wait until monday to find out whether he ll avoid deportation from australia after a vaccine exemption backlash. on the issue of mr djokovic, rules are rules. and there are no special cases. fellow tennis player and rival rafa nadal says the rules were clear. in some way, i feel sorry for him. but at in some way, i feel sorry for him. but at the in some way, i feel sorry for him. but at the same time, he knew the conditions but at the same time, he knew the conditions since a lot of months ago a new report says plans to tackle record health service waiting lists in england could be derailed by demands for emergency care and a lack of staff. covid testing rules for international arrivals to england