Novak Djokovic again in Australia following tennis star's high-profile visa ban

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Novak Djokovic is again in Australia, in response to a spokesperson with Tennis Australia, almost a yr after his high-profile visa ban from the nation over his stance on the Covid-19 vaccination.

The 21-time grand slam champion is slated to open his 2023 tennis season subsequent week in Adelaide for the Adelaide Worldwide 1. It comes greater than a month after Australian officers stated that Djokovic’s three-year ban from getting into the nation could be overturned.

The Serbian was deported from Australia in January after former immigration minister Alex Hawke discovered the tennis star posed a danger to public well being and order as a result of, as a star sportsman who had beforehand expressed opposition to individuals being compelled to get the Covid-19 vaccine, he might be seen as an “icon” for anti-vaxxers.

The minister’s choice to deport the previous world No. 1 males’s participant meant he was initially banned from reentry for 3 years.

On Monday, Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley stated, “We are going to welcome him again to Australia.”

As for the reception Djokovic ought to count on to obtain from Aussies, Tiley stated, “I've a substantial amount of confidence within the Australian public. I feel we've got a really well-educated sporting public significantly people who come for tennis. They love their tennis. They love seeing greatness. They love seeing nice athleticism, nice matches.

“I've loads of confidence that the followers will react like we hope they'd react and have respect for that,” he added.

Muricas News has reached out to the tennis star for remark.

Djokovic has gained 9 males’s singles titles on the Australian Open, greater than anybody else in historical past. He's entered to play within the 2023 version subsequent month.

Djokovic’s high-profile visa saga overshadowed the Australian Open earlier this yr, pitting one in all tennis’ largest stars in opposition to the Australian authorities and dividing opinion within the nation, which had enacted powerful pandemic border restrictions.

The federal government revoked the Serbian’s visa shortly after his arrival in Melbourne on January 5 as a result of he was not vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19.

Djokovic stated he was below the impression he might enter the nation as a result of two unbiased panels related to Tennis Australia and the Victorian state authorities had granted him an exemption on the grounds he had been contaminated with the virus just a few weeks previous to his arrival.

However the federal authorities argued that was not a legitimate cause for an exemption below its guidelines.

A decide later dominated that border officers had been “unreasonable” once they canceled Djokovic’s visa and ordered his launch from an immigration detention middle.

However his visa was then revoked for a second time and after shedding his bid to problem the choice, the tennis star left Australia.

Regardless of his return to motion in chosen tournaments following the ordeal, the participant’s Covid-19 vaccination stance restricted his participation in others.

In July, Djokovic gained his twenty first grand slam title, beating Nick Kyrgios within the last at Wimbledon.