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Australia: Djokovic fans show support for tennis star still held in quarantine facility03:45
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Novak Djokovic supporters braved the wet weather in Melbourne on Friday to rally outside the migration hotel where the Serbian tennis star is believed to be housed.

Djokovic is currently being detained in a Melbourne hotel after he was denied entry into Australia after failing to meet COVID-19 requirements. He will remain at the facility until at least Monday before a decision is handed down by the court on his possible deportation. He has been told he is free to leave the country at any time.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called Novak Djokovic's visa cancellation a "political witch hunt."

Supporter Samson claimed he had been ejected as a fan from the Australian Open grounds earlier in the day for taking signs into the arena that denounced the treatment of Djokovic by the Australian authorities. That story cannot be independently verified.

Australia: Djokovic fans show support for tennis star still held in quarantine facility

Australia, Melbourne
January 7, 2022 at 09:41 GMT +00:00 · Published

Novak Djokovic supporters braved the wet weather in Melbourne on Friday to rally outside the migration hotel where the Serbian tennis star is believed to be housed.

Djokovic is currently being detained in a Melbourne hotel after he was denied entry into Australia after failing to meet COVID-19 requirements. He will remain at the facility until at least Monday before a decision is handed down by the court on his possible deportation. He has been told he is free to leave the country at any time.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called Novak Djokovic's visa cancellation a "political witch hunt."

Supporter Samson claimed he had been ejected as a fan from the Australian Open grounds earlier in the day for taking signs into the arena that denounced the treatment of Djokovic by the Australian authorities. That story cannot be independently verified.

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Novak Djokovic supporters braved the wet weather in Melbourne on Friday to rally outside the migration hotel where the Serbian tennis star is believed to be housed.

Djokovic is currently being detained in a Melbourne hotel after he was denied entry into Australia after failing to meet COVID-19 requirements. He will remain at the facility until at least Monday before a decision is handed down by the court on his possible deportation. He has been told he is free to leave the country at any time.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called Novak Djokovic's visa cancellation a "political witch hunt."

Supporter Samson claimed he had been ejected as a fan from the Australian Open grounds earlier in the day for taking signs into the arena that denounced the treatment of Djokovic by the Australian authorities. That story cannot be independently verified.

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