The tennis star, arriving on January 6 to compete against Australia’s Open, says VVID-19 vaccination exemption due to recent infection. At the hearing, Justice Anthony Kelly considered that Novak Djokovic had provided strong evidence concerning his request for medical exemption.
Le Monde
Australian justice has heard Novak Djokovic’s arguments. Monday, January 10, the judge in charge of the judgment concerning the number one world tennis visa ordered his release. Novak Djokovic, who was denied by the Australian Government the right to participate in the Australian Open for sanitary reasons, has been retained for five days in a migrant center in Melbourne.
Anthony Kelly J. ordered that the release of Novak Djokovic intervenes within 30 minutes and required the return of his passport and all of his travel documents.
The lawyers of the federal government warned the Court that the Minister of Immigration reserved the right to exercise personal power to revoke the Serb player’s visa.
“What’s May this man could have done more? “
In front of the court, his lawyers assured that the tennis player had a vaccination exemption due to a recent CVIV-19 infection, and that he could enter the country.
“What could this man have been able to do more?” Stressed Judge Anthony Kelly. Recognizing being a little “nervous”, the magistrate felt that the Serb had provided evidence emanating “from a professor and an eminently qualified physician” concerning his request for medical exemption.
His lawyers say that Novak Djokovic has been tested positive at COVID-19 on December 16th. However, he attended the next day in Belgrade, without mask, at a ceremony in honor of young Serbian players.
The Australian Open, where Djokovic aims to afford a 21st tournament of the Grand Slam which would place him at the top of the history of tennis, in front of his two historic rivals, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, begins in seven days.