Novak Djokovic starts training for Australian Open - Live blog, Updates
An Australian court has ordered for Novak Djokovic to be released from immigration detention immediately.
Will Novak Djokovic be allowed to defend his Australian Open crown? (Getty)
Australia's Federal Circuit Court has quashed the government's decision to cancel Novak Djokovic's visa. The court has ordered for Djokovic to be released from immigration detention immediately.
However, the federal government's counsel said that ministerial powers could be invoked to cancel Djokovic's visa. The ball seems to be in immigration minister Alex Hawke's court, who can now personally intervene and decide to cancel his visa anyway on entirely new grounds.
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We really are curious and we smell that things are fishy here but for now, this press conference is adjourned by Djokovic's brother.
The Djokovic family, in the ongoing press conference, made it known that Novak will not be joining the video conference as he is practicing on the court.
The family has nothing against Australia but does believe that their son was tortured during the last few days and had 'human rights taken away'.
Djordje Djokovic, in the ongoing press conference just mentioned: "Novak is free. A few minutes ago, he trained on a tennis court. He came to Australia to play tennis, to try and win another Australian Open."
Rafael Nadal, also a 20-time Grand Slam champion has spoken up again and called the ongoing issue to be a 'circus'.
After so much of drama and a victory in court (temporarily), Novak Djokovic will be giving his first press conference along with his family present in it.
"Novak Djokovic has taken a stand in support of protesters in Serbia who are raising opposition to an upcoming government project involving an Australian mining company. Major roads and highways have been blocked across Serbia since Saturday as anger swells over a plan to allow a mining company to extract lithium in the country."
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The Immigration Minister may not have used the four-hour window but he still has the power to re-cancel the visa and deport Novak Djokovic but for tonight, we are guessing, he'd just like to sleep on it and Novak Djokovic can be a free man.
Phew. Tomorrow is another day.