Djokovic wins Australia visa case, judge orders his release

World number one Novak Djokovic won a stunning victory Monday over the Australian government, overturning the cancellation of the tennis star's visa on Covid-19 health grounds, and ending his detention.

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This screen grab taken from AFPTV shows a person believed to be Serbia's tennis champion Novak Djokovic (R) in a car leaving the immigration detention centre where he has been staying in Melbourne on January 10, 2022. -- Photo: Andrew Leeson / AFPTV / AFP

2022-01-10 12:21:41

World number one Novak Djokovic won a stunning victory Monday over the Australian government, overturning the cancellation of the tennis star's visa on Covid-19 health grounds, and ending his detention.

It was an extraordinary setback for the Australian government, which has imposed strict pandemic requirements on arriving foreign travellers for the past two years.

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