MELBOURNE. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic not only is not allowed to play at the Australian Open 2022, but he is not allowed to enter Australia for the next three years.
The Serbian tennis player tried to get an exception into the country, although he is not vaccinated. The Minister for Migration decided to cancel his visa, although the court initially allowed him to enter the country. Although Djokovic appealed the decision, he failed and had to leave the country.
Even before the final Minister for Migration, Alex Hawke, announced that he would use his opportunity to take Djokovic’s visas, Australian law experts warned that if he did, a three-year ban on entering the country would be subject to expulsion.
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Interior Minister Karen Andrews confirmed in the Morning Show that this ban would actually apply. The British also provided information Daily Mail.
However, the minister admitted that it is possible that Djokovic could get an exception in this regard. “Now it’s absolutely hypothetical, but if such a possibility is relevant, we will address it,” she explained.
For Djokovic, the Australian Open is the most successful grand slam in his career, winning nine titles there and being a recorder of the event. He wanted to win his 21st Grand Slam title in Melbourne, overtaking his two big rivals, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
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In addition, he sought the tenth trophy from one grand slam, which would symbolically approach Nadal. If he won, he would only become the second tennis player in history to have a double-digit trophy from a grand slam in the modern tennis era. Nadal won 13 times Roland Garros.
Now, however, there is a real danger that the 34-year-old tennis player may never make it to the Australian Open again. It also means that he will not be able to play at the prestigious ATP Cup event in Australia.
It is an event of national team teams, in which the organizers select participants according to the ranking of the best tennis players in the country.
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