Djokovic conceals the itinerary The Australian Open's journey to defend his title is "uncertain" again

Although the draw for the 2022 Australian Open singles tournament will be held on January 13, local time in Australia, Serbian tennis superstar Djokovic Djokovic, who escaped from the lien hotel of the immigration authorities on January 10, still has the possibility of being deported. Because he concealed a document he submitted at the time of entry, this provoked even greater popular resentment.

Djokovic at the Tokyo Olympics

Since Australia currently requires foreigners to enter the country must be vaccinated against the new crown, Djokovic's "medical exemption" after landing in Melbourne on the night of January 5 was not recognized by the Australian immigration authorities, so the visa was once facing the dilemma of being cancelled. After hours of negotiations, Djokovic was temporarily moved to the Lien Hotel to await a federal court ruling on Jan. 10. But on the day of the ruling, Djokovic finally provided evidence of contracting the new crown pneumonia virus in mid-December to help him get out of trouble, because according to the Australian health and epidemic prevention department, he does not need to be vaccinated for six months after contracting the virus.

However, wave after wave of unevenness has risen again. On the 12th, there was a news report that Djokovic checked the "travel statement" submitted when entering Australia, checked the option of "no travel history (of other countries) in the 14 days before flying to Australia", while Djokovic did not stay in Spain until he left for Australia on the 4th, and some people said that he had met him in Belgrade on or after December 24. This means that Djokovic concealed information about his arrival in Australia. Providing false or misleading information in such forms is an offence under Australian regulations, punishable by up to 12 months in prison and a fine of AU$6,600 (about 30,000 yuan), and the offender's visa will be cancelled.

After the news came out, Djokovic said on social media that it was his staff who caused the "human error", but it was not intentional, and his team has submitted a more detailed report to the Australian government for this purpose, "Out of the greatest respect for the Australian government, I will not make any comments." He also introduced the timeline of his infection with the new crown virus in the statement: he attended a basketball game in Belgrade on December 14, 2021, and because after that game was reported that many people were diagnosed with new crown, he also took a quick test on December 16 and the result was negative. But out of caution, he conducted another officially certified new coronavirus test on the 16th, and then before participating in the children's tennis awards event on the 17th, he took another quick test, and the result was still negative. However, after the event, he received a positive result from the official test. He immediately quarantined himself, but considering that he had already made an appointment with the team newspaper, he did not want to disappoint the reporter, so he gave an interview on December 18. But that was the only public event he had before he regained his negative life, and he wore a mask throughout that interview except when filming.

The relevant media personnel of the French "Team Newspaper" issued a statement to this end, saying that Djokovic did not tell anyone in the "Team Newspaper" on the day of the interview that he had been infected with the new crown pneumonia virus. "We are deeply concerned about this." "We have been careful to comply with all the rules on COVID-19 prevention, and we expect all of them to do the same," the statement read. The statement also said that the team newspaper reporter will also go to Melbourne to cover the 2022 Australian Open, but the relevant personnel have been fully vaccinated.

Not only was the "Team Newspaper" dissatisfied with Djokovic's statement, but public opinion also set off a new round of crusade. At present, the Australian government may cancel Djokovic's visa, and the hope of the defending champion to hit his 21st Grand Slam title has become uncertain again.