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Djokovic back in custody: Decision to showdown made! Zverev also speaks up

2022-01-16T05:18:34.473Z


Djokovic back in custody: Decision to showdown made! Zverev also speaks up Created: 01/16/2022, 06:11 By: Patrick Mayer Serbian champion Novak Djokovic trains ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne. © Mark Baker/AP/dpa The tennis drama in Australia continues. Djokovic has now been taken into custody again. The news ticker. The Australian Open will start in Melbourne on Monday (January 17).


Djokovic back in custody: Decision to showdown made!

Zverev also speaks up

Created: 01/16/2022, 06:11

By: Patrick Mayer

Serbian champion Novak Djokovic trains ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

© Mark Baker/AP/dpa

The tennis drama in Australia continues.

Djokovic has now been taken into custody again.

The news ticker.

  • The Australian Open will start in Melbourne on Monday (January 17).

  • Now Djokovic has been taken into custody again

    (see update from January 15, 7:07 a.m.)

    .

  • Alex Zverev also spoke up

    (see update from January 15, 8.35 a.m.).

  • This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from January 15, 10:20 a.m .:

The hearing of tennis world number one Novak Djokovic before the federal court in Australia should take place on Sunday in front of three judges. As the Australian news agency AAP wrote on Saturday, the case of the 34-year-old Serb will be heard at the Federal Court of Australia from 9.30 a.m. by presiding judge James Allsop and his colleagues Anthony Besanko and David O'Callaghan.

The federal court should clarify whether Djokovic can take part in the Australian Open, which begins on Monday, or whether he has to leave the country. According to the report, after a decision by three judges, no appeals can be made against the verdict. The showdown in the Cause Djokovic is on Sunday. With a short procedural hearing before Judge O'Callaghan, the case on the visa issue was continued on Saturday.

After the authorities had refused entry to Djokovic, who was not vaccinated against Corona, last week, he had spent several nights at the Park Hotel in Melbourne's Carlton district.

The first court decision on Monday was in his favour, Djokovic then continued preparing for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season.

His visa was invalidated a second time in a personal decision by Immigration Secretary Alex Hawke on Friday.

Djokovic was brought back to the deportation hotel on Saturday, Australian media reported.

It's likely he'll have to stay there overnight until Sunday's hearing.

Novak Djokovic: Germany's tennis ace Zverev intervenes in corona drama

Update from January 15, 8.35 a.m .:

In the entry dispute about Novak Djokovic, Germany's best tennis player Alexander Zverev took the side of the Serbian top star and spoke out in favor of his participation in the Australian Open. "I don't think it's very fair for a person to come here and not be able to play," said the 24-year-old from Hamburg in Melbourne. "The Australian Government and the Government of Victoria should have known in advance what was going to happen."

The start of the Serbian defending champion Djokovic at the Grand Slam tournament starting on Monday is still questionable. A federal court in Melbourne will deal with the 34-year-old's appeal on Sunday. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke declared the visa of the world number one invalid on Friday and justified it with the public interest. Djokovic is the record Australian Open winner with nine titles. "I don't know enough about the situation, but I think if it weren't for Novak Djokovic, the world number one with 20 Grand Slam titles, all of that, then it wouldn't be such a big drama," said Zverev.

In view of the high corona numbers in Melbourne, Zverev is severely restricted at the Australian Open.

Apart from training, he's not going anywhere, said Zverev.

"I'm not taking any risks.

I want to play the tournament as well as possible.” A good 25,000 new cases were reported for the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday.

Zverev will face outsider Daniel Altmaier from Kempen in a German duel in the first round on Monday.

Novak Djokovic again in the deportation hotel before the Australian Open

Update from January 15, 7:07 a.m .:

The Serbian tennis professional Novak Djokovic, threatened with deportation from Australia, is again in custody.

The Australian news agency AAP reported on Saturday.

It is therefore likely that the 34-year-old world number one will have to stay in custody overnight.

A court hearing is scheduled for Sunday morning.

The tennis top star had his visa revoked for the second time on Friday.

Unvaccinated against the coronavirus, Djokovic is a controversial figure in the country that has imposed tough rules since the pandemic began.

Last week, the authorities refused him entry and he was taken to a deportation hotel.

The federal court should now clarify the question of whether the defending champion and record winner can take part in the Australian Open.

The first Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season starts on Monday in Melbourne, Djokovic would play his first round game on the first day of the two-week event.

First report from January 14th:

He was twice the winner of the Australian Open: Boris Becker won the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne in 1991 and 1996.

On top of that.

The 54-year-old from Baden also led Novak Djokovic to triumph "Down Under" in 2015 and 2016 as coach.

The collaboration lasted three years, Becker knows the Serbian superstar inside out.

Novak Djokovic/Australian Open: Boris Becker defends unvaccinated tennis star

The man who has caused a stir in the past few days, not only in the tennis world.

It turned out that the 34-year-old was not vaccinated against the corona virus.

With an alleged special permit, he still traveled to Australia, although strict rules apply on the continent in the global pandemic.

Most recently, however, Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke withdrew Djokovic's visa in a veritable farce after Djokovic had prevailed in court at first instance.

As of Friday evening, January 14, it was unclear whether he would still be allowed to compete at the Australian Open.

Somehow.

There are many people who share Novak's view.

Boris Becker on the unvaccinated Djokovic

Becker also joined the heated debate on the same day.

The Leimener defended his former protégé, but still urgently advised him to get a corona vaccination.

“If you don’t get vaccinated, that doesn’t automatically make you a bad person.

I got vaccinated and boosted, but I'm also in my fifties," said the 54-year-old in an interview with the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ / behind a payment barrier)

: "There are many people who share Novak's view , trust in their strong immune system and maybe have a different view of the world.

As a democratic society, we should also allow these other opinions.”

Novak Djokovic/Australian Open: Ex-trainer Boris Becker advises corona vaccination

In the meantime it has been shown, said Becker, “that despite three vaccinations you can also become infected and pass on the disease.

That's the devilish thing: There is no best solution, only a temporary one.

Novak made a different choice than me and the majority of people.

But he didn't do anything illegal."

Nevertheless, Becker warned: If Djokovic wants to continue to concentrate on tennis, he has to make changes, the six-time Grand Slam winner said in an interview with the

FAZ

: "That's why my opinion would be: 'Novak, try to see that it's easier for you to be vaccinated will be.'

I don't know if he does that."

In the video: tennis star Novak Djokovic is threatened with deportation from Australia

Boris Becker also said that Djokovic was "a wonderful character". "He loves his family more than anything, he loves his home country Serbia more than anything, he still has friends from before that he hasn't forgotten. He has many human qualities that you don't really know. He's an incredible fighter," said the German tennis icon about his former student: "If anyone had the chance to win the Australian Open under these conditions, it would be Djokovic. I belong to the extended part of his family - I think he at least belongs to me. We have spent many private, intimate, incredibly great moments together, that has welded us together. That doesn't mean we always agree: I got vaccinated, I have different political views, but we're very close as people."

Novak Djokovic/Australian Open: Boris Becker sees a chance for Alexander Zverev

Becker believes that if the Serbs are ruled out, a German tennis ace could benefit from it.

He told the

FAZ

: "Sascha Zverev indeed has a great chance of winning his first Grand Slam title and he can become number one in the world."

(pm)

Source: merkur

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