A matter of state: Serbian president rejects “mistreatment” of Djokovic in Australia and announces measures

Novak Djokovic was unable to enter Australia due to visa problems and will have to leave the country. This after concerns were raised about the evidence supporting his exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine to contest the Australian Open. In this regard, the Serbian president himself, Aleksandar Vucic, expressed all his support for ‘Nole’.

The president accused the Australian authorities of “mistreatment” towards the world number one tennis player, after the Serbian player was held at Melbourne airport.

In a message on Facebook, Vucic assured that “all of Serbia is with him and our authorities are studying all measures so that this mistreatment of the best tennis player in the world ends as soon as possible.”

“Under international law, Serbia will fight for Novak Djokovic, for justice and truth, “added Vucic shortly before the Australian authorities confirmed the cancellation of the tennis player’s visa and his expulsion from the country.

This decision by the Australian authorities was taken several hours after Djokovic was detained at the Melbourne airport for failing to comply with the entry requirements into the country.

According to the Australian press, the nine-time Australian Open champion, who took the plane to Melbourne on Tuesday, would not have filled out the correct form for the type of visa requested.

This situation comes 24 hours after the controversy broke out when Djokovic, reluctant to vaccinate against covid-19 (mandatory to enter Australia), announced that he was traveling to Melbourne thanks to a “medical derogation”, which was considered by the press and by a large part of the Australian population as a treatment of favor of your authorities towards the Belgrade.

If your expulsion from Australia is confirmed, Djokovic he would be left without the possibility of looking in Melbourne, a tournament that he has won nine times, the record for Grand Slam titles that he currently shares with the Swiss Roger Federer and the Spanish Rafael Nadal (all three with 20).