MELBOURNE. – World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday amid a storm of protest about a decision to grant him a medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination requirements to play in the Australian Open.
The tennis star was holed up in a quarantine hotel in Melbourne as his lawyers sought an urgent injunction to allow him to stay in the country after he was detained by officials at the border.
The saga, fueled by domestic political point-scoring about the country’s handling of a record surge in new COVID-19 infections, has created an international incident with the Serbian president claiming harassment of its star player. — Reuters
