Back to square one.
The Australian Open, which begins on Monday, remains tied down awaiting the verdict on Novak Djokovic.
On Friday, the world number 1 was deprived (for the second time) of his visa by Alex Hawke, the Minister of Immigration (“
on health and public order grounds
”).
The saga led the world number 1 in detention, alongside asylum seekers, in a Melbourne immigration hotel, sparked demonstrations, investigations, turned into a matter of state, before a new twist.
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Back to the wall, Novak Djokovic quickly rushed into the (narrow) lanes of appeal.
In charge of studying the appeal, judge Antony Kelly relinquished jurisdiction in favor of the Australian federal justice.
During the night from Friday to Saturday, the Serb, who risks deportation and a three-year ban on returning to Australia, should be heard in the immigration offices, before refining his defense pending a new hearing on Sunday (10 hours at…
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