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Novak Djokovic held up in Melbourne airport with visa issue after receiving vaccine exemption entry for Australian Open

Summary by Ground News
Novak Djokovic has landed in Melbourne but is still awaiting permission to enter the country to compete at the Australian Open. His team had applied for a visa that does not allow for medical exemptions. The Victorian government says it will not support the application, putting his fate in the hands of the federal government and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

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Australia denied entry to tennis star Novak Djokovic before the Australian Open and deported the Serbs.

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Tennis star Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia over visa, will not compete in tournament

The Australian Border Force issued a statement early Thursday local time saying Djokovic failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet entry requirements and "has visa has been subsequently canceled."

·Washington, United States
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Novak Djokovic's Australian Open visa canceled as world number 1 must leave Melbourne

The Australian press announced this information about the Serbian. It was then confirmed.

·Brussels, Belgium
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NOVAK DJOKOVIC's visa to enter Australian has been rejected and the Serbian will fly out of the country on Thursday.

·United Kingdom
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Novak Djokovic visa dispute delays entry to Australia for Open

The decision to allow tennis number one and avowed vaccine sceptic Novak Djokovic a medical exemption to take part in the Australian Open has prompted a huge backlash in Australia, among politicians and the public.But now the Serbian is stuck at the airport in Melbourne after it turned out that his team had got him a visa that doesn’t allow medical exemptions.

·London, United Kingdom
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Novak Djokovic's entry to Australia delayed over visa mishap, being held in guarded room

Novak Djokovic could miss the Australian Open this month after a visa mishap involving his vaccine medical exemption has prevented him from entering the country, according to reports.

·New York, United States
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Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
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