MOSCOW, Jan 6 The world has suffered enough due to the coronavirus pandemic, the first racket of the world Serb Novak Djokovic was required to be vaccinated in order to take part in the Australian Open, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal said. Earlier, the Australian border service announced the cancellation of Djokovic's visa. The athlete's father Srdjan said that Novak Djokovic is returning home from Melbourne. Later it became known that the lawyers of the Serbian tennis player appealed to the federal court against this decision. On Thursday, Australian authorities said they did not plan to deport Djokovic until new hearings scheduled for Monday. “The world has suffered enough, get vaccinated. I understand the disappointment of the people of Australia who went through severe quarantine and many people could not return to their homes. point of view, we should listen to people who are medical specialists, and they say that we should be vaccinated. I have had the coronavirus, I was vaccinated twice, and I got through it without any problems. If you do this, you will have no problems to play here «- quoted Nadal by New York Times journalist Ben Rothenberg on his Twitter page.» If he wanted, he would have no problem playing in Australia. the consequences, right? «- added the Spaniard. Djokovic on Wednesday arrived in Australia to participate in the Australian Open, which kicks off January 17 in Melbourne. The Serb was unable to go through passport control upon arrival in the country due to an error in applying for a visa. The Djokovic team member in charge of collecting documents made the mistake of choosing a visa type that cannot be obtained with a medical waiver from COVID-19 vaccination. The error was revealed when crossing the Australian border — Djokovic was placed in a room guarded by the police, where he spent many hours. As a result, the Australian Border Guard Service (ABF) announced that Djokovic's visa was canceled and he should be expelled from the country. Djokovic is a nine-time and current winner of the Australian Open. This year's tournament organizers require all participants to be vaccinated against coronavirus or have a medical exemption. On Tuesday, the Serbian tennis player announced that he had received such an exemption.
