The hearing held this Sunday before a court in Australia to analyze the deportation of the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic concluded waiting for the judges to announce their ruling today or tomorrow.
The three judges of the Australian Federal Court will convene another hearing to pronounce his decision “this afternoon or perhaps in the morning at the latest”Judge James Allsop said at the conclusion of the virtual hearing.
The decision of the judges depends on the number one in the world, who is being held in a hotel, can stay in the country and play the Australian Open, which is celebrated from Monday in the city of Melbourne.
In the hearing of more than four hours, which was broadcast live on YouTube, the tennis player’s appeal against the decision of last Friday of the Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to cancel the visa for the second time of number one in the world.
Djokovic traveled to Melbourne on January 5 with a medical exemption for not being vaccinated, having been infected with covid-19 recently, although upon his arrival the Immigration authorities canceled his visa and detained him until his release last Monday by court order, considering that he was not treated “fairly”.
In today’s proceedings, attorney Stephen Lloyd, who represents the Government, argued that the 34-year-old Serbian tennis player can fuel anti-vaccine sentiment and lead to protests, while Nicholas Wood, Djokovic’s legal representative, described that reasoning as “irrational” and that it was not based on solid evidence.