Novak Djokovic is "humiliated and ridiculed" in Australia, and it "could turn ugly"

Until the court hears his appeal, the Serb is staying at a cheap hotel in Melbourne and becoming a victim due to controversial conduct by the Australian authorities.

The media claim that he is facing a "show trial", his father claims that he "became the leader of the free world", and the question is who really made the decision

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06/01/2022

Thursday, 06 January 2022, 13:30 Updated: 13:54

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The tennis world is following the dramatic developments in Australia with great interest, where the world number one Novak Djokovic is staying in solitary confinement in a simple hotel in Melbourne, after it was clarified by authorities yesterday (Wednesday) that he could not enter the country without a vaccine and therefore could not participate in the Australian Open. The Grand Slam tournament in which he won nine times.

Djokovic will stay in Melbourne for at least another 72 hours, until another hearing is held on Monday.

Djokovic's representatives have reached an agreement with the Australian immigration minister that in the meantime the Serb will not leave the hotel where he is staying.

The hearing will take place just a week before the opening of the Australian Championships on January 17, where the Serb will try to break the all-time record and win the 21st Grand Slam title of his career, passing Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

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Australia has denied the visa to Novak Djokovic, who will appeal to the court

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What exactly happened at the airport?

Novak lands (Photo: Reuters)

Summary of the affair on the BBC

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Last year, before winning the tournament in Melbourne for the ninth time, Djokovic stayed at a luxury hotel in Adelaide, where he could train as part of his isolation at a nearby tennis center.

This time he is in a simple hotel, where authorities are holding infiltrators and captured refugees, a standard hotel that has been infiltrated costs $ 109.

Outside the hotel, activists regularly oppose government policies and demonstrate on the issue of refugees.

Now they see from the window who is considered the greatest tennis player of all time, a man who alone from winning money has garnered $ 215 million throughout his career, and owns luxurious properties in Monte Carlo, Miami, Manhattan and Maravier in Spain.

In light of this, many in Australia are protesting against the degrading treatment Djokovic is receiving. Nola's saga has been going on for a long time, given the fact that Australia is fighting resolutely and uncompromisingly against the corona virus, and Melbourne itself (as part of the state of Victoria in Australia) has been shut down for weeks and fatally damaged by the virus. Djokovic, who in the past had quite a few statements and hints from him and his family that made it clear that he was against the vaccines (and certainly their coercion), became yet another athlete the symbol of the Australians in the fight against vaccine opponents. After declaring this week that he "had received approval from the local committee to come to Australia", this provoked great outrage, and politicians were left with no choice but to intervene.

The fact that he got the permit and flew for 14 hours from the other end of the world did not impress the Australians. The vaccine exemption was approved by the Victoria government, and then by the local federal government. However, upon arrival, airport officials said DjokovicFailed to justify the ground for his dismissal.

His father said he was held in solitary confinement and placed on guard room by two police officers.

"A law is a law," the Australian prime minister clarified, but Reuters reported that three other tennis players did manage to enter the country with the same forms and permits that in Djokovic's case were disqualified.

Serbian President Alexander Wojciech claimed that "all Serbia is on his side, and we are all doing everything to ensure that the treatment of the best tennis player in the world is over, and soon."

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On one side outside the hotel, Djokovic's fans (Photo: Reuters)

On the other side outside Djokovic's hotel, protesters protest against refugee arrests (Photo: Reuters)

Djokovic's father, Sardan, known for his hostility to Western policy, wrote firmly: "My son was imprisoned in an Australian prison, but has never been freer. From today, Novak has become a symbol of the free world, a world of the poor and oppressed by their countries. "You can imprison him, handcuff him, but the truth is like water, it will always come out. Novak is Spartacus, the man who fights for equality in the whole universe, for all human beings, no matter what skin color or what God they believe in."

And the Serbs are not alone, and many claim that it is Oliver Brown, for example, one of the senior reporters in the English Telegraph, claims: "It is not easy to see the attitude towards Djokovic. No matter what you think of the man, they approved him to get on the plane. And now? "8 hours, a stay in glorious isolation and an international grin. It doesn't feel like 'law is law'. The feeling is of a show trial." Laura Ingram, a Fox reporter, tweeted: "Australia is a Cubid police state.She does not deserve Djokovic. "

How will the audience receive it?

Going to be interesting (Photo: GettyImages, Cameron Spencer)

American tennis player Sandgren (30 in the world) also tweeted: "Just to be clear: two health committees have approved his entry. And politicians are preventing her. Australia does not deserve to host a Grand Slam tournament."

Popular thinker Paul Joseph Watson claims: "Detaining Djokovic as if he were a terrorist, what a shame. It's our failure if these bastards win. If they behave like that to a multi-millionaire star, how will they treat us?".

Ukrainian tennis player Sergei Stakhovsky wrote: "The next time you are told that politics does not interfere in sports, remember January 6, 2022, when a pure political ego does not allow the best tennis player in the world to enter the country."

Now a number of questions arise: Which pressure will be stronger: the esoteric public opinion, which did not like Djokovic's conduct, or the international pressure to share the famous tennis player in the tournament? Also, what treatment will Djokovic receive from the crowd at the tournament, if he does receive permission to participate? The Serb has won the last three times, and will be able to make history. Rod Lieber, after whom the Central Tennis Stadium in Melbourne is named, commented on the reception the Serb would receive, saying: "I think it could be very ugly. I think the crowd in Victoria would have been happy to see him play, but at the same time they know - there is a right way, and a wrong way." .

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