{"id":1204160,"date":"2022-01-10T09:36:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204160"},"modified":"2022-01-10T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:36:21","slug":"free-to-play-australian-court-reinstates-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-to-play-australian-court-reinstates-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Free to Play: Australian Court Reinstates Tennis Star Novak Djokovic\u2019s Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffree-to-play-australian-court-reinstates-tennis-star-novak-djokovics-visa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204160&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Tennis star Novak Djokovic\u2019s Australian visa was reinstated by a judge Monday, quashing the original cancelation that followed the Serbian\u2019s arrival last week because he is unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly also ordered the government release Djokovic from Melbourne hotel quarantine within 30 minutes of his decision, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-novak-djokovic-sports-health-australia-3e4fd65e0ac87c85e6fcc6b968a62869\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Government lawyer Christopher Tran told the judge after the ruling the minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alex Hawke, \u201cwill consider whether to exercise a personal power of cancelation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawke has broad personal powers under the Migration Act to cancel Djokovic\u2019s entry visa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-court-case-live-updates-serbian-tennis-star-fights-to-play-in-2022-australian-open-20220110-p59n0m.html\">according to<\/a> the <em>Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Papers, Please: Novak Djokovic Detention Sparks Australian Investigation into Other Unvaccinated Tennis Players <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ZyFfglzG0\">https:\/\/t.co\/3ZyFfglzG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1479440180389957633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>That would mean mean the world\u2019s number one could again face deportation and miss the Australian Open, which starts on Jan. 17.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian government canceled 34-year-old Djokovic\u2019s visa shortly after he arrived in Melbourne late Wednesday to play in the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Border officials decided he didn\u2019t meet the criteria for an exemption to an entry requirement that all non-citizens be fully vaccinated for coronavirus, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/djokovic-held-in-australian-immigration-detention-as-he-fights-deportation\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19424210\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237616565.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19424210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237616565-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Members of the local Serbian community rally outside a government detention centre where Serbia\u2019s tennis champion Novak Djokovic is staying in Melbourne on January 9, 2022. (WILLIAM WEST\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Djokovic, who court documents say is unvaccinated, argued he did not need proof of vaccination because he claimed evidence that he had been infected with the coronavirus last month.<\/p>\n<p>Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly noted Djokovic had provided officials at Melbourne\u2019s airport with a medical exemption given him by Tennis Australia, which is organizing the tournament, and two medical panels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Djokovic Held in Australian Immigration Detention as He Fights Deportation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8Wmp5NeCy\">https:\/\/t.co\/f8Wmp5NeCy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1479094150502838272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe point I\u2019m somewhat agitated about is what more could this man have done?\u201d Kelly asked Djokovic\u2019s lawyer, Nick Wood.<\/p>\n<p>Wood agreed with the judge that Djokovic could not have done more.<\/p>\n<p>A second tennis player who was headed to the Australian Open \u2014 Czech doubles specialist Renata Voracova \u2014 had her visa was cancelled after initially being allowed into the country.<\/p>\n<p>She flew out of Australia on the weekend after being held in the same Melbourne centre as Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is a nine-time Australian Open champion. He has 20 Grand Slam singles titles, a men\u2019s record he shares with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.<\/p>\n<p><em>AP contributed to this story<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis star Novak Djokovic\u2019s Australian visa was reinstated by a judge Monday, quashing the original cancelation that followed the Serbian\u2019s arrival last week because he is unvaccinated. 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