The world number of tennis explains that its agent made a mistake by completing his travel statement.
Le Monde with AFP and Reuters
The number one world of tennis Novak Djokovic said, Wednesday, January 12, in a Press release Posted on Instagram have committed a “human error, certainly not deliberate” by wrongly declaring on his arrival in Australia, having not traveled during the fourteen days preceding his flight.
The publication of this text occurs while the Australian Minister of Immigration, Alex Hawke, was considering annuling the Visa of Novak Djokovic after a controversy regarding the validity of a medical derogation with double vaccination – required to enter on the Australian territory – presented by the Serbian tennisman upon arrival in Melbourne.
“I want to emphasize that I did my best to ensure that everyone’s safety and my compliance with test obligations,” says Novak Djokovic in this text.
Concerning the questions relating to his travel statement in Australia, in which he had to indicate whether he had traveled within fourteen days preceding his arrival in Australia, the player said that his agent had accidentally checked the bad box of the form. . “This is a human error that was certainly not deliberate,” said Novak Djokovic. “We live difficult times, a global pandemic, and sometimes errors can occur.”
“Error of judgment”
The Superstar of the Courts also admitted in this communiqué a “error of judgment” by receiving in person a journalist of the French daily the team and by participating in a photo session on December 18, one day after being tested positive. Covid-19, but he assured “respected social distance and worn a mask”.
However, it denied the information reported by the media, according to which he knew contaminated as he participated in an event in Belgrade during which he handed prizes to children. “I was asymptomatic and I felt good, and I did not receive the result of a PCR test that turned out that once this event is finished,” wrote the player, adding that the antigenic test. He had done before the event was negative.
Novak Djokovic is located in Melbourne to participate in the Australian Open. He had been denied Thursday entry into the country without being able to prove his vaccination against COVID-19.