Djokovic’s Serb Fans on Edge as Australia Hearing Begins

Associated PressPublished: January 9, 2022

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Serbian tennis fans and anti vaccination protesters argue with pro-refugee supporters outside the Park Hotel on January 08, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Djokovic arrived in Melbourne to play in the upcoming Australian Open and was denied entry to Australia due to his inability to meet Australian entry requirements. He is currently in an immigration detention hotel awaiting a hearing challenging his deportation. (Photo by Diego Fedele/Getty Images)

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic's parents have joined a protest rally in downtown Belgrade with their tennis-great son still in an Australian immigration detention hotel.

Fans of Djokovic in Serbia are nervously awaiting a crucial court hearing which could decide whether he plays at the Australian Open.

The virtual hearing began in Melbourne, with Djokovic appealing his visa cancellation amid growing public debate over his positive coronavirus test that his lawyers used as grounds in applying for a medical exemption to Australia's strict vaccination rules.

The top-ranked Serb hopes to defend his title at the Australian Open and win a men's record 21st Grand Slam singles title. The hearing takes place at 10 a.m. local time Monday.

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