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Played out on the court this time, as the australian open got underway. the show went on despite booting out its nine-time winner and defending champion. djokovic is sitting this one out in native serbia where supporters including the serb president accused the australian government of a political witch hunt against the world number one. >> i think australian authorities humiliated themselves. >> reporter: those australian authorities detained and ultimately deported the star over a visa battle that focused largely on the fact he was unvaccinated. in a statement, djokovic said he was extremely...

The spaniard's bid for a men's record 21st grand slam title got underway with victory over marcos giron. the sixth seed — the only former champion left in the men's draw — beat american giron 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. nadal is making his return to grand slam tennis after five months out with a foot injury. also a winning start for the defending women's champion, japan's naomi 0saka. she beat camila 0sorio in straight sets to go through to the second round. number one seed and home favourite ashleigh barty is also through. she comfortably defeated ukraine's lesia tsurenko 6—0, 6—1. barty could fac...

In the roland garros in mid-may. john? >> has the government been asked about djokovic yesterday? have they made it explicitly clear he won't be allowed? >> no, this was the sports ministry spokesman. not quite at the level of a government minister but it will come up, no doubt about that. i think the tournaments before them like indian wells for example will be coming up before roland garros so it's not quite a pressing issue right now but it could be down the line. >> may, june, a long time before the french open but i could see this becoming a huge deal. jim bittermann thank you very much. ...

Novak djokovic is back in serbia after his deportation from australia. the men's world number one is not vaccinated against covid and lost a visa battle with the australian government. here he is after landing in belgrade. he spent 11 days in melbourne trying to get permission to play in the australian open. but the tournament has now started without him. shaimaa khalil is there. itjust feels like, yes, there is the vibe that everybody has been looking forward to at the tournament, but there is a huge absence — the nine—time defending champion novak djokovic is not here. he will not have a...