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In the immigration affair surrounding Grand Slam record winner Novak Djoković in Australia, his lawyers have made serious allegations.
According to a 32-page document, your client was initially isolated at Melbourne Airport for eight hours after arrival and then transferred to a quarantine hotel.
The 34-year-old's legal representatives again applied to move to a facility where Djoković can prepare for the Australian Open.
All previous such requests had been denied by the authorities.
The core of the legal argument as to why, according to his lawyers, Djoković was allowed to enter the country, is an allegedly positive PCR test from December 16.
This would give the Serbs the status of a recovered person and possibly meet the criteria on which an exemption for entry is based.
However, this test also raises questions: Why did Djoković not present this certificate directly upon entry?
Why didn't he make this fact public, as he did when he was first infected in June 2020?
And why did he surround himself with a group of children and adolescents the day after this test, without quarantine, without a mask, without any distance?
Selfies and group photos - the day after the positive test?
Numerous independent posts can be found on Instagram in which Djoković Serbia's best tennis kids is readily available for selfies and a group photo.
This is what happened on December 17, 2021 at the young talent ceremony in the Novak Tennis Center in Belgrade - one day after the allegedly positive PCR test that the lawyers of the world number one presented at a court hearing in Melbourne.
Djoković has been stuck in a quarantine hotel since landing on Wednesday, the Australian authorities had refused him entry due to incorrect documents.
Nevertheless, he wants to defend his title at the Australian Open (from January 17), and a court will decide the case on Monday.
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