World number one Tennis player Novak Djokovic
World number one Tennis player Novak Djokovic is currently staying in the immigration .
detention centre after his visa was cancelled.
Locked in a dispute over his COVID-19 vaccination status.
Djokovic a vocal skeptic of vaccines, had traveled to Australia after Victoria state authorities granted him a medical exemption to the country’s strict vaccination requirements.
But when he arrived late Wednesday, the Australian Border Force rejected his exemption as invalid and barred him from entering the country.
Djokovic is hoping to overtake rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer and win his 21st Grand Slam singles title. The most by any player in men’s tennis.
. An approved exemption allowed entry to the tournament.
Acceptable reasons for an exemption include major health conditions and serious reactions to a previous dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Melbourne: Serbia’s foreign secretary Nemanja Starovic has demanded Australia to move Djokovic to a nicer .hotel.Djokovic has announced that he will be participating in the Australian Open as he has taken a “vaccination exemption” that will enable him to play the tournament without disclosing the status.
Former Australian Open tournament director and Davis Cup player Paul McNamee said the treatment of Djokovic was unfair.