Rafael nadal had little sympathy for long time rival novak djokovic, saying the world has suffered enough and that he must face the consequences for not being vaccinated against coronavirus. the serbian player has not spoken about his vaccination status, but last year he said he was opposed to vaccination. with the latest, here s our correspondent phil mercer. the tennis world number one has been taken to a government detention hoteljust hours after arriving in melbourne. he was expecting to defend his australian open title, believing he was exempted from vaccination rules. novak djokovic had been detained at melbourne airport before border force officials announced that he had not met immigration regulations and would be deported. his father claimed the grand slam champion was being held captive. the serbian president, aleksandar vucic, said he was a victim of harassment.
Novak djokovic has been the king of melbourne park, but the government says he s no longer welcome. on the issue of mr djokovic, rules are rules and there are no special cases. rules are rules. that s what i said to you yesterday, and that s the policy of the government and it has been our government s strong border protection policies and particularly in relation to the pandemic that has ensured that australia has one of the lowest death rates from covid anywhere in the world. djokovic s lawyers are challenging the deportation order in court. he could potentially apply for a new visa. the 34 year old star hasn t publicly confirmed his covid 19 vaccination status. he flew to australia after being granted a controversial medical exemption. tennis authorities said he d not received any special treatment. but many australians, who ve lived under some the world s toughest coronavirus restrictions,
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Know more about the medical exemtions. ~ ., ., , exemptions. i know you have been workin: exemptions. i know you have been working with exemptions. i know you have been working with lots exemptions. i know you have been working with lots of exemptions. i know you have been working with lots of australian - working with lots of australian citizens and permanent residents who have been trying to get back into australia over the last couple of years. give us a bit of perspective in that sense about the feeling around this particular case. and do you think novak djokovic has got a strong case to argue here or not? there is definitely a public outcry, there is a not. the people of victoria and the nation in general have been through quite a lot, and understandably the sentiment is quite strong when it comes to this particular exemption. there are individuals who are not able to work as a result of insufficient, a lack of vaccination itself documentation relating to it, as well as on a
Melbourne. how much has he actually said about his melbourne. how much has he actually said about his vaccination melbourne. how much has he actually said about his vaccination status? - said about his vaccination status? he hasn t said much, he didn t say anything but my guess is if he applied for a medical exemption then he is not vaccinated at the moment. i think that s a jump we can make. obviously, we re going to have to hear from obviously, we re going to have to hearfrom him buti obviously, we re going to have to hearfrom him but i don t know how much he ll be willing to disclose, particularly with everything that has happened in the past 2a hours. so, we lljust have to wait and see. but i agree but at this moment the vaccination at least for a brief period of time, it s not the issue. the issue is how he s been treated and misled, in my opinion. i don t think you werejust and misled, in my opinion. i don t think you were just board a plane going into the unknown. he thought