(ANSA) - ROME, 14 JAN - The Australian immigration ministry has canceled for the second time the visa of Novak Djokovic, the number 1 tennis player in the world stopped in Melbourne where he went to participate in the Australian Open.
From what has been learned, there is a risk of a three-year ban from Australia. The Australian Minister of Immigration, AlexHawke, specified in a statement that the decision to cancel the visa granted to Novak Djokovic was taken "for reasons of health and public order". He arrived in Melbourne on 5 January on a visa supported by a medical exemption based on a Covid infection, having tested positive in the east, according to his lawyers, on 16 December.
The decision implies that the Serbian player, aiming for his 21 / o Grand Slam title, a record at the Australian Open starting on Monday, will be banned from entering the country for three years, except under certain circumstances.
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