Uncertainty surrounds the fate of Novak Djokovic despite an Australian judge ruling that the tennis star be released from detention in Melbourne
Reports have claimed that Novak Djokovic has been detained for a second time in Australia despite a judge ruling that he be released, although conflicting information states the authorities are still considering their options.
A judge at a Melbourne Federal Circuit Court ruled on Monday that the Australian authorities had behaved “unreasonably” when they canceled Djokovic’s visa last week as the world number one attempted to enter the country with a Covid vaccine medical exemption.
Djokovic, 34, was ordered to be released within 30 minutes of Monday’s ruling, but more than two hours later the world number one was still said to be at the offices of a Melbourne law company where he had been allowed to watch the day’s legal proceedings.
Ominously for Djokovic, government barrister Christopher Tan had warned during the case that Immigration Minister Alex Hawke could step in to overule the judge’s decision and detain Djokovic again with a view to deporting him.
Reports in Serbia and elsewhere, some of which cited Djokovic’s father Srdjan, claimed that the Australian authorities had “arrested” Djokovic again.
Serbian media has reported Novak Djokovic has been re-arrested in Australia, according to his father
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