Djokovic stranded at the airport.
As the Djokovic affair further fermented, more and more information was also disclosed.
According to the latest news, further reasons for Djokovic's visa cancellation are likely to be caused by the Australian Open's notice of participation contrary to official policy.
Djokovic is currently filing a lawsuit with the Australian Federal Circuit and is awaiting a trial on Monday local time.
Deyo's hometown launched a solidarity campaign.
The ball was kicked to the Australian Open association, and they became "back pot men"
When Djokovic's "COVID-19 vaccine exemption application" was rejected, the problem of insufficient coordination between various departments in Australia was put on the table.
On January 7, Beijing time, according to the Australian edition of Fox Sports, a document leaked by the Australian Tennis Association showed that the organization mistakenly informed unvaccinated players that if they were infected with the new crown virus in the past six months, they could enter Australia to participate in the Australian Open.
The Herald Sun exclusive also wrote that players who had not been vaccinated against covid-19 were told in December last year that they only needed to prove that they had contracted the virus in the past six months to obtain exemptions from entering the country and participating in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
The Times and the Sydney Morning Herald wrote in their reports that Australian federal health authorities twice informed australian tennis association president Craig Terley that people who had not been vaccinated in the past six months and had contracted the new crown virus would not be exempted.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt even stressed to Australian Open tournament director Craig Terry that "major sporting events" are subject to "relevant jurisdiction" and that Tennis Australia should ensure they work with Australian Border Force officials to ensure players are eligible to compete.
But the information does not appear to have gone through the Australian Open association to Victoria, which issued a "medical exemption" for Djokovic.
Acting Victorian Governor Jacinta Allen said: "I was told that members of the Victorian government had not seen the letter. And you'd think we wouldn't necessarily be able to see it because it's a communication between the federal government and the Australian Tennis Association. ”
Allen then further stressed that an independent panel set up by the Victorian Health Department had granted Djokovic a medical exemption to allow him to enter the Australian Open upon arrival in Victoria. However, the permit will only take effect after Djokovic arrives in the country.
"You can only compete if you have the right visa, which is largely a matter for the federal government." Obviously, neither the Australian federal health authorities nor the State of Victoria are willing to carry the "pot" on their backs.
With the continuous fermentation of the Djokovic affair, the Australian Open association is likely to become the ultimate "back cooker".
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Behind the storm, there is no winner
Australian Home Secretary Karen Andrews stressed: "Mr Djokovic is not being held in Australia, he can leave at any time, and border troops will actually facilitate this." ”
However, the controversy and confusion caused by the Australian Open does not stop there. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported earlier that abf is investigating two other entrants who were also granted "medical exemptions" for entry.
Agence France-Presse said on the 7th that the Czech Foreign Ministry confirmed that the visa of the country's female tennis player Volakova was cancelled by the Australian side, and the Czech Republic protested against it. This is another Australian Open player after Djokovic who was detained by the Australian border inspection.
There are videos and photos showing a woman who appears to be Volakova appearing at the window of her room at the Park Melbourne Hotel on the evening of the 7th. The 38-year-old Czech tennis veteran has reportedly agreed to leave and not to play at the Australian Open due to "limited training conditions".
Some foreign media commented that in the Djokovic incident, the reaction of local residents is the focus of the Australian government, because the country will hold a general election this year.
On the 7th, Djokovic's teenage coach Nikki Pirick told Reuters that Morrison was trying to please some people in his home country and increase his poor political support rate, "politics interferes with sports".
Agence France-Presse believes that the number of new cases in Australia in a single day is as high as 70,000, which makes locals angry. Some analysts believe that the Djokovic incident was used to "divert attention".
Moi, vice-president of the Medical Association of Australia, said: "This happened when Australia is facing a major crisis of the new Strain of Omicron, and this matter is a very convenient and available tool for the government."
However, the Djokovic incident also attracted the attention of the Serbian Foreign Ministry. In a statement posted on the website of the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Secretary Nemanja Starovic said he had called Australia's ambassador to Serbia Daniel Emory on January 6 local time to go to the Foreign Ministry to lodge a verbal protest over Djokovic's treatment in Australia.
In his statement, Mr Starovich said: "We hope that the ambassador will personally take action to move him to a residence suitable for the best athletes in the world, rather than a criminal or an illegal immigrant[ ”
While Djokovic's detention coincided with An Orthodox Christmas, a priest at Melbourne's Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church asked to visit the nine-time Australian Open champion to celebrate Orthodox Christmas, but was rejected by immigration officials because the hotel was locked off.
The church's abbot, Milorad Locar, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "We have a lot of customs at Christmas and it is very important for the priest to come and visit him. Everything that revolves around this incident is shocking. He has to spend Christmas in detention... This is unimaginable. ”
Djokovic, on social media, updated: "Thank you to people around the world for their continued support. I can feel it, thank you very much. ”
His mother, Dijana Djokovic, also said on Friday local time that her son was "very mentally stable" and she had no doubt that "he would win" if he was allowed to stay for the Australian Open.
But regardless of the outcome of the trial, the Australian Open and Djokovic, which are at the center of the storm, will not be 100% winners.