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Detention, still play the tournament and have this appeal ongoing? >> it's possible, though, he now has no visa. a bridging visa normally would be granted to permit a person to arrange to depart from australia. if a bridging visa was issued, it would be hard for mr. djokovic to argue that he needs two weeks, which is, say, the duration of the tennis championship, he needs two weeks to arrange to depart australia. so, i think the best chance for mr. djokovic is to have the minister's decision overturned. >> right. and for that to be done fairly quickly, obviously, because there's one day left. ...

They chose to be. djokovic chose not to be. there is frustration among the players that he brought this on in many ways himself. paula. >> for what we can expect going forward, you and i discussed this before, right, even if he doesn't win or lose this appeal there is perhaps a bridging visa. you just outlined it there, the conditions under which the administrator cancelled this the second time, it's as if the slate has been wiped clean, right? >> reporter: well, the first hearing which happened last monday was really a procedural issue, the judge finding that there was a procedural error in t...

So, these are the sorts of arguments we can expect to hear on sunday. now, what happens on sunday, both sides will give their arguments. the judges will then make their decision. if they can't make a decision within that time, djokovic will hope for a bridging visa which will only really be given by the minister, which is unlikely. >> paula hancocks, thank you so much for your reporting. look at this. this underwater volcano you're seeing it erupting there. this is in the south pacific. but it could end up being felt on the west coast of the u.s. today. a powerful .05% retinonol that's alsls...

Immigration minister just three hours ago from alex hall, he said, quote, today i exercised my power under section 133 c 3 of migration act to cancel the visa held by mr. novak djokovic on health and good order grounds on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so. now, usually what would happen in this situation, and this is not a usual situation by any stretch of the imagination, but usually an individual, if they have their visa canceled, will go into mandatory detention. we do not know if that has happened. we do not know where novak djokovic is now. we know his lawyers are back...

By being and anti-vaxxer. well, mr. djokovic has made no statements, has made no incitement, he's just said she doesn't want to take the vaccine. that sounds to me to be a fundamental right, that the immigration department seeks to challenge. fundamental rights can't be easily extinguished and without reading the submissions to be made by mr. djokovic's lawyers, that would be something that i would put forward to the court. >> and putting forward that argument to the court, even if there was no quick resolution tomorrow, what do you think, is it possible that this so-called bridging visa is st...