Djokovic receives positive welcome back to Australia | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⚠️
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic hits a return during his first round doubles match with Canadian Vasek Pospisil at the ATP Adelaide International tournament in Adelaide on January 2, 2023. Djokovic’s three-year visa ban was overturned in November, allowing him to enter the country. He and Canada’s Vasek Pospisil were beaten 4-6 6-3 10-5 by Tomislav Brkic and Gonzalo Escobar on his return.
Djokovic is a nine-time champion in Melbourne and is just one Grand Slam title shy of Rafael Nadal’s men’s record of 22. Elsewhere, in Adelaide, men’s singles, yesterday, British number three Jack Draper beat South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo 6-2 6-1 to move into the second round. Djokovic, who was detained by the Australian Border Force on entering the country and forced to stay at an immigration hotel, claimed he had obtained a medical exemption to defend his title without being vaccinated because he had recently recovered from COVID.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles – whose government came to power in May – overturned the visa ban in November and Djokovic said he was “very happy” on hearing the news.
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