The soap opera Djokovic, which has held the tennis planet in suspense since the new year, continues.
And every day, its new revelations.
After his isolation in a hotel in Melbourne, the world No. 1 is now being singled out for a possible false declaration upon his arrival on the Australian mainland.
Now released after a judge revoked the cancellation of his visa by Australian authorities, the Serbian was seen warming up in a gym before training on center court at the Australian Open, for his participation in the first Grand Slam of the year, which begins in six days.
This does not prevent Djokovic from still being under the threat of deportation, the Minister of Immigration still being able to use his personal power to cancel the player's visa.
According to the Australian press, Alex Hawke will not take any decision on Tuesday, however.
A spokesperson for the minister said it would be "inappropriate to comment further."
This postponement may be due to new revelations made by the Australian media.
According to the Herald Sun, the Serb would have ticked the "no" box to the question "Have you traveled in the 14 days before your flight to Australia" when he arrived in Melbourne.
And there's fresh questions over Novak Djokovic's Australian Travel Declaration - in which he declared he hadn't traveled in the 14 days before he flew to Australia on Jan 5. He was seen playing Tennis in Serbia on Dec 25, and training in Spain on Jan 2.pic.twitter.com/s4fGZNc280
- Karen Sweeney (@karenlsweeney) January 11, 2022
Present in Spain (he trained at the Soto Tennis Academy in Sotogrande, in the south-east of the country), Nole left the Iberian Peninsula exactly one week ago, which means he should have been in Spain since December 22 in order to comply with the rules of not traveling for two weeks before entering Australian soil.
However, on social networks, we see him on Christmas Day playing in a street in Belgrade ...
We can confirm @DjokerNole is ready for @AustralianOpen if possible!
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- SotoTennis Academy (@SotoTennis) December 31, 2021
Djokovic must have been aware of this warning written on the document to be completed: “Giving false or misleading information is a serious offense.
You may also be liable to a civil penalty for providing false or misleading information.
Without going that far, it is still impossible to know if the Serbian champion will have the opportunity to win his 21st Grand Slam title, his 10th at the Antipodes.