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Four days following Novak Djokovic’s appeal once morest the annulment of his visa was rejected, the Federal Supreme Court announced its reasoning. It was therefore reasonable for the Australian government to assume that the Serbian tennis pro had anti-vaccination attitudes and was a threat to the population. This emerges from the documents that the court published on Thursday.
“A world tennis star can influence people of all ages, whether young or old, but perhaps especially the young and the easily impressed,” said the three judges. Even if Djokovic hadn’t won the Australian Open, the fact that he plays tennis in Australia might have encouraged those who want to be like him and thus fueled anti-vaccination sentiment, it said.
