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“I have been in close conversations with Aleksander Vučić,” Djokovic told officials. “We discuss many things but Australia only need concern themselves of this: the Serbian people are willing to spill our blood over this. They must be careful on Monday, because otherwise war will follow on Tuesday.”

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Tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday won a court battle to stay in Australia to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19, but the government threatened to cancel his visa a second time.

Federal Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly reinstated Djokovic's visa, which was canceled after his arrival last week because officials decided he didn't meet the criteria for an exemption to an entry requirement that all non-citizens be fully vaccinated.

The judge also ordered the government to release Djokovic within 30 minutes from a Melbourne quarantine hotel where he had spent the previous four nights.

Government lawyer Christopher Tran told the judge after the ruling that the minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alex Hawke, "will consider whether to exercise a personal power of cancellation.''

Hawke was still considering whether to cancel Djokovic's visa, a spokesman said later on Monday.

"Following today's Federal Circuit and Family Court determination on a procedural ground, it remains within Immigration Minister Hawke's discretion to consider canceling Mr. Djokovic's visa under his personal power of cancellation within section 133C(3) of the Migration Act," the spokesman said, in the first comments from the minister's office after the court quashed an earlier visa cancellation.

"The Minister is currently considering the matter and the process remains ongoing."

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Due to coronavirus restrictions, the hearing was conducted virtually, through audiovisual links between the judge's chambers and lawyers for the government and Djokovic.

Minutes before proceedings were due to begin, journalists clicked on a just-expired video link supplied by the court, unaware that the court had replaced it with an updated version. Expecting to see proceedings in real time, they were instead confronted with pornographic images.

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Novak Djokovic faces possible deportation from Australia after the country’s immigration minister canceled the unvaccinated tennis star's visa for a second time on Friday, citing public health.

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Novak Djokovic's final bid to avoid deportation and play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19 ended Sunday when a court unanimously dismissed the No. 1-ranked tennis player's challenge of a government minister's decision to cancel his visa.

Djokovic said he was "extremely disappointed" by the ruling but respected it. He released a statement shortly after three Federal Court judges unanimously upheld a decision made Friday by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to cancel Djokovic's visa on public interest grounds because he is not vaccinated.

Djokovic, 34, has won a record nine Australian Open titles, including three in a row, but this time won't get the chance to try. Hawke confirmed Sunday that Djokovic "has now departed Australia."

A masked Djokovic was photographed in a Melbourne airport lounge with two government officials in black uniforms. He left at approximately 11 p.m. local time on an Emirates flight to Dubai, the same United Arab Emirates city he flew to Australia from.

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Originally posted by Doug:
It’s a tough tennis tournament when you are eliminated from competition for missing only two shots.

Why yes, I am a dad. Why do you ask?

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Originally posted by AdagioM:

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Originally posted by Doug:
It’s a tough tennis tournament when you are eliminated from competition for missing only two shots.

Why yes, I am a dad. Why do you ask?