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The defending Australian Open champion touched down in Melbourne on a Emirates flight from Dubai shortly after 11pm late Wednesday night as debate about his exemption continues.
World number one Novak Djokovic may have encountered a late snag on his trip to play in the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic was on his way to Australia to play at this month's Grand Slam after receiving a medical exemption but Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed on Wednesday to send the world number one home if the Serbian cannot prove he deserves it.
We don't know which apply to djokovic, and there's scepticism from some players. i think if there is me, i wouldn't be getting — i think if there is me, i wouldn't be getting an exemption. there's scepticism in the press, too. the herald sun in melbourne's headlines — novax, no worries. inside former australian tennis star sam groth says the exemption �*spits in the face of all victorians'. he's not the only one who's upset. he shouldn't be allowed to come. it's a choice not to be vaccinated which is fine, i think the government has made the choice that he should be vaccinated. remember ...
If they had a serious adverse reaction to a first vaccine dose. there's one more too. one possibility that it thatitis that it is everyone is he has recently tested positive for covid. if you tested positive for covid. if you tested positive for covid, that enables you to defer your vaccination to enter australia without having the vaccination proof document and to enter. we don't know which of those apply to djokivic. and there's scepticism from some players. i think if it was me that wasn't vaccinated, i would i think if it was me that wasn't vaccinated, iwould not i think if it was me that ...