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By Ben Church and Patrick Snell, CNN

And ordered him to be released from immigration detention. the ruling comes ahead of the australian open and less than a week after djokovics visa was canceled on arriving in australia for allegedly not meeting vaccination requirements for entry. cnn is covering all the angles. our phil black is in melbourne following the latest developments. and cnn world sports patrick snell is joining us from here in atlanta with his perspective. good to see you both. phil, lets start with you. djokovic has w...

Times, going for a 10th, wonderful tennies that could have been played. that all seems its come to a crashing halt as novak djokovics vaccine situation has prevented him from playing in this grand slam, isa. >> yeah, especially given the lockdown, especially im thinking of city melbourne. you and i spoke at length about the tough restrictions and lockdowns melbourne had to face. i can imagine why people are feeling this way. do stay with us, angus. i want to go to patrick. patrick, give us a sen...

Patrick snell, as always, thanks so much. going to our other breaking news here in the last few hours, a hostage standoff at a texas synagogue is over with all hostages rescued and the attacker dead. the assailant stormed the congregation of beth israel in colleyville saturday during a small service, four people were taken hostage. local and federal law enforcement surrounded the synagogue. one hostage was released earlier in the day. three were still trapped. as night fell, law enforcement ma...

So those are the reactions. why is this really significant? you have three iconic players, roger federer, rafa nadal, novak djokovic. theyre all on 20 grand slam titles. why does he want so badly to compete at the australian open? he wants the record outright for himself. he wants number 21. >> we shall wait and see whether hell be able to take part in the australian open. and i do wonder, patrick, in this conversation another day, if he had been more transparent, things would have played out di...

Hours. it suggests theyre taking their time, being thorough. having lost the case in court because of procedural mistakes they do not want to make the mistakes again. if any further action is taken they want it to be airtight and beyond any criticism. >> the legal battle is far from over as you said, phil. patrick, its so messy this whole situation right now. if he does get to stay and play, what impact do you think it will have, not just on the australian open, but im thinking here, also on oth...

Will always be this asterisk and this stamp hes taken in the build up. this has been a build up the likes of which weve never, ever seen before. truly historic. back to you. >> yeah, youre absolutely right. gosh, theres been so little tennis involved so far at the australian open. hopefully that will change. patrick snell, always a pleasure, my friend. thank you. all right, still to come more of cnns continuing coverage of the hostage situation at a texas synagogue. do stay with us. well be ri...

Somewhere else. i think a lot of relief for a lot of players in the draw who really felt the whole djokovic saga had hijacked the event for many of them. >> something i asked patrick snell the last hour and ill ask you, do you think all of this will tarnish his legacy? or is it going to be a case of everyones got short memories and a few years from now h everyone is going to go vaccine what? >> this is certainly something hell have to respond to. thats something both andy murray and raphael nada...

Djokovic as a symbol for their country. and they put him in the match which could mean things would have time to calm down. it could be a pretty volatile situation. its definitely something the australian open needs to be aware of if djokovic takes the court and we dont know if he will. hed still need to win a ruling today in order to be able to play. if he does, hopefully the security is ready to really contain things because it could be like you said a very volatile situation, absolutely. >> y...

At the australian open for his first round match, if indeed that does happen. were waiting with baited breath. >> yeah, exactly. its not final yet. phil black and patrick snell, many thanks to you both for bringing us up to date on this breaking news. appreciate it. we will of course have much more on this stunning case and what comes next for novak djokovic in the hours ahead. youre watching cnn. ♪ smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover ♪ ♪ gon pop like trouble ♪ ♪ breaking in...