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  • Opposed to compulsory vaccination against Covid-19, Novak Djokovic had received a medical exemption to play the Australian Open. This decision caused an uproar on the island continent.

  • The world number 1 finally saw his visa canceled due to an administrative error in his application.

  • Detained by the immigration services, the Serbian appealed against his deportation, which turned into a diplomatic incident.

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We are already holding the first sports-diplomatico-health soap opera of the year 2022. Originally, everything was simple: Novak Djokovic was to play the Australian Open, from January 17 to 30, to try to win a 10th title in Melbourne, and thus become the first man to hold 21 Majors.

But the medical exemption obtained by the Serbian in a country that does not mess with the vaccination against Covid-19

has tipped the sports epic into a whole new dimension

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After an administrative error in his visa application, Djoko found himself stranded at Melbourne airport, and is trying this Thursday to fight in the judicial field against a scheduled deportation.

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