Taranaki Daily News

Djokovic OK for Open

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The Australian government confirmed yesterday that Novak Djokovic had been granted a visa to compete in the Australian

Open in January a year after he was deported over his stance against Covid-19 vaccinatio­n.

The 21-time grand slam singles champion had his visa cancelled on public interest grounds and lost an appeal against deportatio­n in the Full Federal Court. Immigratio­n Minister Andrew Giles said he approved Djokovic’s applicatio­n to revoke the cancellati­on decision because the ground for cancelling the visa no longer existed. The visa ban could have lasted for three years.

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