One of the documents that his team produced shows when he took the PCR test and when it was reported back to him. It shows that on 17th December he knew he had had a positive test and still was with a load of young kids unmasked and even hugging them. Surely he should have been self isolating at that point. It seems the Aus Border Force mucked up but in my opinion he hasn’t shown himself in a good light either.
He's been arrested.
Well let's hope they follow due process this time.
Decision sounds reasonable to me from what I’ve heard.
As much as he is a knob (for being anti vax, for trying to game the system, for claiming to be positive to get an exemption and then clearly and publicly acting like he was not, and for years just being Novak Djokovic) the Aussies royally naused up here. If there is a clear rule that an overseas individual can't use the 'just had covid' clause, how did he get an exemption?
Interestingly this also puts the Serb government in an tricky spot. Massive vocal support for him and a miscarriage of justice based on him having a valid exemption. If the exemption is valid as he claimed he broke Serb law and did not isolate when positive. How are they going to juggle that one?
I feel unreasonably riled by this. Which is mad because our government does not even have such a rule and there now seems to be enough covid about it Australia the cat's out of the bag and it seems a bit irrelevant anyway. Need to have a word with myself.
Yep and another knob has just tested positive as well, albeit an Aussie one...Nick Kyrgios!
If the exemption is valid as he claimed he broke Serb law and did not isolate when positive. How are they going to juggle that one?
I’m sure they’ll find someone else to blame. Extremely loudly.
Interestingly this also puts the Serb government in an tricky spot. Massive vocal support for him and a miscarriage of justice based on him having a valid exemption. If the exemption is valid as he claimed he broke Serb law and did not isolate when positive. How are they going to juggle that one?
You're forgetting that he's basically seen as a deity in Serbia, similar to how Brazil worshipped Pele and Senna. He'll be given a presidential pardon or something similar.
Disappointing.
As is usual it seems, laws don't apply if you are, say, a prime minister, or a tennis player.
Uh, what’s actually going on. Twitter seems to suggest he’s “evaded” border force and punches have been thrown between supporters and Police.
Seriously has he gone all OJ Simpson?
This is the second series of The Tourist sorted out...
If he’s appealed the decision, do we all have to clap slowly until the judge makes up his mind?
Deserves recognition and 👏👏
What kind of mad world are we living in where this kind of shenanigans occurs because a tennisist can't lob his balls around 😳
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1480495000358109186?s=20
Fans tennis fans my god.
They need to kick him out now or three will be tennis holigans at the match, Pimms everywhere.
C'mon Tim!
Farage getting involved in reminds me of Paul Gascoigne turning up at the Raoul Moat search, weird!
What kind of mad world are we living in where this kind of shenanigans occurs because a tennisist can’t lob his balls around 😳
Serbia and unhinged nationalism isn’t that unusual. No idea who these people actually are mind you.
If you listen to the press conference, you'd think it was Nelson Mandella being released from Robben Island
Talk about laying it on a bit thick 🙄
I couldn't listen to the rants of an arrogant multi-millionaire who thinks his sh1t doesn't stink. Entitled @rsehole of the highest order - even before this happend.
So he's suffered 'torture', according to his mum?
Poor little thing. You only have to go back a few decades in Serbian history to know what torture really looks like.
What an absolute melt, hope he gets booed non-stop at Rod Laver.
The Guardian have a transcript of the conversation at immigration. Sounds like they are making it up as they go along when they could just have said "sorry Sir you've been poorly advised about what is needed to enter Oz and you'll have to take it up with whoever advised you". Idiots.
This is a notice of intention to consider cancellation under s 116 of the Migration Act 1958. So once I serve this notice to you I will give you like, you know, 20 minutes – or whatever if you need more time you can request that – and you need to provide us reasons why we shouldn’t cancel the visa.
Seems like at this point if he'd said 20 mins at 0400 isn't sufficient, they could have agreed to extend until people were available and spoken directly to the parties involved?
It then went on to nearly 0800 anyway, were the immigration people rushing to get him out to the detention hotel before then?
Neither side seem to be covering themselves in glory do they?
I can't quite believe how tone deaf he is on the whole thing. It is almost like he can't see beyond his sycophantic bubble and believes everyone is supporting him.
Unless something dramatic changes in the next day or so, he is going to face relentless booing throughout the tournament (and possibly a few more after). It is also difficult to see him not overtake Pete Sampras as the most disliked number one (if he hasn't already).
When he retires in a few years, I wonder if he will look back and think that he was a bit of a silly billy.
Seems like at this point if he’d said 20 mins at 0400 isn’t sufficient, they could have agreed to extend until people were available and spoken directly to the parties involved?
That appears to be their standard shtick for every normal person who's turned up and been found to be planning to abuse a tourist visa. You get a few moments to argue against their decision to put you on the next flight back, then they reject those reasons!
It is also difficult to see him not overtake Pete Sampras as the most disliked number one
Pistol Pete was disliked? That must have passed me by. I'm sure Ilie Nastase spent some time at the top of the rankings, and he doesn't exactly shy away from being an arsehole!
One seriously good bit of news to cheer us all up…
In other news Michael Gove got stuck in a lift.
They also let him out.
What with him and Novak, it must be the day for releasing objectionable people.
Pistol Pete was disliked? That must have passed me by. I’m sure Ilie Nastase spent some time at the top of the rankings, and he doesn’t exactly shy away from being an arsehole!
I despise him so much for the tedium he brought to the game - I just assumed it was universally true. Apologies Pete if you are reading - it seems I have spoken out of turn.
Just saw the bbc clip where the journalist asks his family if he was at an event on the 17th and they brother smiles smugly and adjourns the press conference
Appears it’s not just Novak who is a despicable individual, the entire family come across as xxxxs
Appears it’s not just Novak who is a despicable individual, the entire family come across as xxxxs
Not surprising really is it? Novak has to work for his money, they just have to be his family for Novak's money.
They're not about to throw him under the bus are they?
Was he only spreading his Covid around Serbia or did he also go abroad during that time? If so, please tell me there's a country that wants him extradited from Australia to be held accountable for Covid-related misdemeanours. Wishful thinking, perhaps.
What a clown, though.
Would be nice if his sponsored reconsidered their positions in light of this.
I've just read the news on this - and my thought was that some of his sponsors might exit asap after this.
lets hope he gets an extra long cotton bud vigorously shoved up each nostril every day he arrives to play.
Was he only spreading his Covid around Serbia or did he also go abroad
Well he was inbound from dodgy Dubai but obv may have been in transit rather than stayed. Are there direct flights Belgrade to Melbourne?
Beeb says he flew in via Dubai.
Top Trolling of Farage from Andy Murray 😀
Linky?
Thanks. 👍
So how was he originally intending to enter Australia?... what a stroke of luck catching COVID 3 weeks before he was due to travel
So how was he originally intending to enter Australia?… what a stroke of luck catching COVID 3 weeks before he was due to travel
What are the odds he catches it again just before the French Open?
On the way home tonight a tennis journalist was on the radio and said apparently someone got hold of Djokovic covid test cert and when he inputted the code (qr code or whatever) it showed as a negative result, but once word got out it was changed and now shows as positive.
When you link it to the exemption cut off being the the 10th, the photos after he was supposedly +ve now this above its all a bit iffy.
The whole thing stinks
A quick look on his twitter account though and it’s frightening how many people seem to hold the guy in some god like esteem. They genuinely think he’s some kind of saviour, rather than some self entitled , selfish, nut job. I saw a few people likening his stance to Mohammed Ali… ffs
Luckily they’ll all be disappointed when he gets turfed out in next 48 hrs. The Aussies won’t like people rubbing their noses in it and too many people including his moronic family are coming out with ‘it’s a victory over Australia’ nonsense. That’ll be a sure way to get kicked out..
It’s evident that the Serb authorities would turn themselves inside out to support their man. I’d be entirely unsurprised if the whole infection thing has been manipulated or fabricated.