The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic He said he still feels stressed when he has to go through immigration control in Australia, three years after being deported from the country for not having been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Djokovic said he still has “a little bit of trauma” from the experience in January 2022 when he was held in a hotel for ten days while a court considered his case to allow him to enter the country without being vaccinated, according to in an interview with the Australian. Herald Sun newspaper this Monday.
The tennis player, 37 years old and winner of 24 Grand Slam titles, explained that he feels stressed when he goes through passport control at Melbourne airport, but he does not harbor any resentment, because in 2023 he returns he in the ocean country and won. the Australian Open.
In January 2022, Djokovic arrived in Melbourne to participate in the Australian Open without being vaccinated against Covid-19, despite the fact that it is mandatory in Australia, claiming that he had passed the virus and was vaccinated.
However, the Australian authorities refused him entry into the country and he decided to appeal this decision. While the court heard his case, the tennis player was kept in a hotel room for 10 days and later deported.
Djokovic, who in 2024 has not won any title on the circuit although he was Olympic champion in Paris, was withdrawn from the Brisbane tournament on January 3 and, currently ranked 7th in the world, is preparing for the Australian Open.
Source: La Verdad
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