Novak Djokovic admitted in an Instagram post that the travel declaration issued to border authorities upon his arrival in Australia contained incorrect information, having stated in the Covid questionnaire that he had not traveled in the previous 14 days, while in fact he had traveled to Australia. Spain from Serbia. The tennis player, who after a first victory in court is still awaiting the final decision of the Canberra government on the visa to stay in the country and participate in the Australian Open, spoke of a "human and certainly not voluntary error" of a member of his staff. stating that "new information" has been provided to the Australian authorities to "clarify this issue".
The champion further claimed to reject "misinformation" regarding his public outings in Serbia despite a positive PCR test for Covid-19.
Djokovic, who described the allegations as "very painful" for his family, said he learned of the December 16 test result only the day after his participation in a youth tennis event.
But he also admitted that he then gave an interview to the French newspaper L'Equipe when he was already aware that he had been infected.