World number one Novak Djokovic will spend at least another 72 hours in a Melbourne hotel before the next hearing next Monday in his battle to overturn a ban on entering Australia.
The Serbian player was detained in a room at the Carlton Hotel, five kilometers from Melbourne Park, after the authorities canceled his visa after arriving in Australia late on Wednesday evening.
At a hearing Thursday, representatives for Djokovic and the immigration minister reached an agreement that no step would be taken to deport him before another hearing next Monday in federal court.
The hearing will take place a week before the start of the 2022 Australian Open, a tournament that Djokovic seeks to win for the tenth time to set the record for the number of times to win major slams (21 titles).
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