MADRID, 6 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Serbian tennis player Novak Dkojovic will remain in Melbourne until next Monday, January 10, after having challenged the Federal Court of Appeal the decision of not having been able to enter the country by not presenting a vaccination certificate and not having his visa in order according to the country regulations.
Djokovic, who was held for eight hours at the airport last Wednesday, failed to pass police controls by failing to present a valid medical exemption. The world number one appealed the decision and in the meantime is waiting in the Park Hotel in Melborurne, a state quarantine center that has also housed asylum seekers, reports the Australian newspaper ‘The Age’.
Djokovic’s team of lawyers was quick to announce his appeal and confirmed it early Thursday. An action that seeks to clarify why his contest was allowed, at first, and later the Australian Border Force (ABF) canceled his entry visa and was forced to deport him.
The Belgrade player’s legal team secured an interim court order preventing authorities from deporting the tennis number one until at least 4:00 pm Monday, when a more substantive hearing is scheduled.
For his part, attorney Christopher Tran, representing the federal government, said the government never opposed a court order against immediate deportation. Judge Anthony Kelly, for his part, postponed the case to be heard this Monday, a week before the Australian Open begins, indicates ‘The Age’.
However, his presence in the tournament is complicated if the decision does not arrive on Monday, something that the judge in the case has hinted, who has offered to resolve the dispute online to speed up the sentence. The Australian Open also needs to find a replacement for Djokovic if he does not ultimately compete on the Melbourne fast track.
“If I can say with the necessary respect, the tail will not wag the dog,” said Judge Kelly, who has asked authorities if the world’s number one currently has access to a tennis court to practice at his hotel during the confinement. . In addition, it considers an “excess” that Djokovic remains in Australia beyond Monday if the case has not been able to be tried until then.