Novak Djokovic lied on his Australian entry form. The Serbian player assured that he had not left Serbia after confirming his positive for coronavirus, but the world number 1 spent Christmas in Marbella with his friends without a mask and without keeping his distance.
Antena 3 Sports has been exclusive access to the images in which you can see Novak Djokovic in Spain, specifically in Marbella, where he spent Christmas before heading to Australia.
This circumstance may lead to the Australian Government withdrawing the Serbian player’s visa again this Friday. And it is that the Australian Immigration Ministry, as already reported by some media in the southern country, will withdraw the visa to number 1 of the ATP this Friday.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic continues to train in Melbourne and this Thursday the Serbian player has been included in the draw for the Australian Open, held two hours late and that would cross Nole with Rafa Nadal in a hypothetical semifinal.
Immigration decides this Friday and Djokovic already plans to appeal
The latest information coming from the Australian media indicates that the Australian Minister of Immigration, Alex Hawke, which is analyzing the documentation provided by the attorneys of Novak Djokovic, He would have opted to withdraw the visa to the number 1 in the world.
In this scenario, Djokovic’s legal team plans to appeal, so the case would return to the judge Anthony Kelly, the same magistrate who ordered the release of the number 1 in world tennis and the return of the visa. If this is the case, a new hearing could be held over the weekend and the final decision would arrive a few hours before the start of the Australian Open, next Monday, January 17.
