Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic returned to Serbia via Dubai after being deported from Australia, the athlete did not go out to hundreds of fans at the Belgrade airport. This was reported on January 17 by the Serbian portal Blic.
Novak landed in Belgrade around 12:16 local time (14:16 Moscow time). Hundreds of fans and members of the media were waiting for him at the airport. However, Djokovic left, bypassing the fans and journalists.
The world number one has returned to Belgrade after 11 days of grueling attempts to stay in Australia. Djokovic was denied entry to the Australian Open due to the lack of a coronavirus vaccination and incorrect data in the entry form, he challenged this decision in court, but then the Australian authorities again suspended his visa and decided to expel him from the country.
The athlete received a medical exemption with guarantees from the authorities of the state of Victoria and the Australian Tennis Federation. However, the federal authorities did not consider this sufficient.
On January 16, the Federal Court of Australia decided to deport the tennis player. The athlete’s visa was canceled because the authorities did not convince the reasons for the athlete’s medical exclusion from the coronavirus vaccination, which is mandatory for all participants in the tournament.
The tennis player said that he was extremely disappointed with what had happened. He added that he needed time to speak in more detail about the situation.
His lawyer Yaksha Pekovich said in an interview with Izvestia that he considers the decision to deport the athlete to be dictated by politics. The defender of the first racket of the world stressed that the medical withdrawal received by Djokovic was used by the Australian authorities to obtain political points.
As Sport-Express recalls, in order to travel to Australia, all foreigners need to be vaccinated with a vaccine from the approved list (Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Janssen, Sinovac, Sinopharm China and Bharat Biotech) or a confirmed medical exception (even an illness in the last six months is not his warranty).
Source: IZ
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