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Renata Voráčová in the quarantine hotel in Melbourne
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Czech tennis player Renata Voráčová has left Australia and is on her way home according to official reports.
Like Grand Slam record winner Novak Djoković, she was arrested by the Australian border protection authorities.
The 38-year-old's visa has been revoked, according to the Czech government.
“I'm locked in a room and I have nowhere to go,” Voráčová had told the Czech newspapers “DNES” and “Sport”: “I can only open my windows a few centimeters.
There are guards everywhere, including under my window. ”She feels“ a bit like in prison ”.
The double specialist is said to have entered the country with an exemption from the vaccination because she had been infected with the corona virus in the past six months.
She was staying in the same quarantine hotel as Djoković, the Czech Foreign Ministry told the AFP news agency.
There is also said to be a third case of a tournament official.
Voráčová, who is not listed in the single world ranking and is in 81st place in the double ranking, also complained about hours of interrogation by Australian border officials.
It was "like in an action film," said the Czech.
She accused the Australian Tennis Association of misleading her about the entry requirements.
"I've done everything I was asked," she said.
Voráčová does not appeal against deportation
Unlike Djoković, Voráčová said he did not complain about her deportation.
She not only survived a corona infection before Christmas, but could also present other medical reasons for exception, she said.
She had already taken part in one of the pre-season tournaments in Melbourne prior to being fixed.
Djoković, the world number one from Serbia, wants to continue to defend his title at the first Grand Slam of the year (from January 17) in Melbourne with a medical exemption.
A court should decide on Monday on the threat of deportation.
mfu / sid / dpa