On January 4, Novak Djokovic announced that he had received a medical application of Tennis Australia and Victoria to attend Australia to expand 2022. However, after taking a flight to Melbourne 1 day later, he was not allowed to enter Australia. Accordingly, the world's number one player was canceled by the Australian Border Guard (ABF) due to not meeting the paperwork.
Immediately, Djokovic's lawyers appealed to the Australian Federal Court. With the initial victory at the online trial on January 6, the world's No. 1 player has not been expelled from Australia and continues to be “detained” at Park Hotel in Melbourne to wait for the official trial to take place on January 10.
As an event that the sports village is particularly interested in, Djokovic's hearing is constantly interrupted due to the streaming website with technical problems. However, despite all difficulties, the court still conducted a hearing in accordance with the plan.
After nearly 5 hours of trial, the final decision was made. Accordingly, the Australian Federal Court, namely Judge Anthony Kelly declared Djokovic winning the lawsuit and returned the visa. Thus, Djokovic is likely to attend Australia expanded 2022.
The decision of the Federal Court takes effect immediately. Therefore, the Australian government must return all expenses, personal belongings as well as Djokovic's papers, and release the Serbian tennis player within 30 minutes. Earlier, he left Park hotel and was under house arrest at another location to directly monitor the trial.
At the hearing, Mr. Nicholas Wood, the head of Djokovic's legal team, made the following arguments: Djokovic met the criteria to be exempted from health exemption by Australian Tennis, namely infection of Covid -19 on December 16, 20021. According to the regulations of the Australian immunization technical adviser (ATAGI), the vaccination may be postponed 6 months from the date of infection.
In addition, Mr. Wood also confirmed that Djokovic was seriously sleeping and felt extremely pressured when he was canceled. At Park Hotel, the world's number one player ยท must not guarantee the health when the food lacks gluten, while he also has no device to exercise. These arguments of the lawyer were approved by Judge Anthony Kelly.
However, Djokovic's scandal has not completely closed. According to Australian media, he is still likely to be banned from playing in Australia. In this case, it will happen when the Australian Federal Minister of Australia, Alex Hawke uses “personal power” to cancel Nole's visa again.
