Novak Djokovic has won his appeal against deportation from Australia after border officials previously ruled he did not meet the criteria for an exemption to entry requirements.
He has spent four nights in an Australian immigration detention hotel before the virtual hearing got under way at around 10am local time (11pm Sunday UK) in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
The controversy arose after immigration staff at Melbourne airport when Djokovic arrived last week that he didn’t meet the rules for an exemption to an entry requirement that all non-Australians be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Djokovic’s team argued that as he had tested positive for Covid-19 in December and recovered, he was entitled to a “medical exemption in accordance with Australian government rules and guidance”.
