Australian justice heard the arguments of Novak Djokovic. Monday, January 10, the judge in charge of the judicial hearing concerning the visa of the number one in world tennis ordered his release. Novak Djokovic, who was refused by the Australian government the right to participate in the Australian Open for health reasons, has been held for five days in a center for migrants in Melbourne.
Judge Anthony Kelly ordered Novak Djokovic’s release to take place within 30 minutes and demanded the return of his passport and all of his travel documents.
Federal government lawyers warned the court that the immigration minister reserves the right to exercise his personal power to revoke the Serbian player’s visa.
“What more could this man have done?” “
In court, his lawyers assured that the tennis player benefited from an exemption from vaccination due to a recent infection with Covid-19, and that he could therefore enter the country.
“What more could this man have done?” “, said Judge Anthony Kelly. Grateful to be a little “Nervous”, the magistrate considered that the Serb had provided evidence emanating “A teacher and an eminently qualified doctor” regarding his request for a medical exemption.
His lawyers say Novak Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16. However, he attended the next day in Belgrade, without a mask, a ceremony in honor of young Serbian players.
The Australian Open, where Djokovic aims to afford a 21st Grand Slam tournament that would place him at the top of tennis history, ahead of his two historic rivals, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, begins in seven days.