Australian Open LIVE: Novak Djokovic ‘one of three unvaccinated players’, Nadal wins in straight sets, Raducanu update
THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN is in full swing, but without the reigning champion.
Novak Djokovic has flown back home to Serbia via Dubai after being DEPORTED from Australia.
An Australian court confirmed that the decision immigration minister Alex Hawke made to cancel the Serb’s visa was legal. It added that it will publish its reasons in the coming days.
And the French Open could soon follow suit, after French MPs backed the vaccine pass law.
One beneficiary of Djokovic’s deportation could be Rafael Nadal, who has made it safely through to the third round in straight sets.
Meanwhile the Serb’s absence means Daniil Medvedev will become world number one if he wins in Melbourne.
He faces an intriguing clash with Nick Kyrgios tomorrow.
And Emma Raducanu now knows when she will play her next match.
UK viewers will need to tune in at 8am tomorrow to see the US Open champ face Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic.
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