The unvaccinated Djokovic was deported after dropping his courtroom problem towards the Australian authorities’s resolution to cancel his visa on public well being and order grounds.
“We want to clarify from the outset that we respect the choice of the Immigration Minister and the discovering of the Federal Courtroom of Australia over the weekend,” stated the Tennis Australia assertion, which made no point out of Djokovic’s title.
“Tennis Australia has been working intently with each the Federal and Victorian authorities for the previous 12 months to ship a COVID protected Australian Open for the gamers, workers, and followers.
“Embarking on a serious worldwide sporting occasion throughout a worldwide pandemic that continues to evolve and problem us all, is profoundly demanding for all stakeholders.”
‘Classes to study’
Beneath present Australian legal guidelines, all worldwide arrivals are required to be vaccinated towards Covid-19 except they’ve a medical exemption.
Djokovic stated he was underneath the impression he may enter as a result of two unbiased panels related to Tennis Australia and the Victorian state authorities had granted him an exemption on the grounds that he had been contaminated with Covid-19 in December.
The federal authorities argued that, underneath its guidelines, earlier an infection with Covid-19 is just not a legitimate cause for an exemption.
“Because the Australian tennis household, we recognise that latest occasions have been a big distraction for everybody, and we deeply remorse the affect this had on all gamers,” added the Tennis Australia assertion.
“There are all the time classes to study, and we’ll assessment all points of our preparation and implementation to tell our planning — as we do yearly. That course of all the time begins as soon as the Australian Open champions have lifted their trophies.”
Had Djokovic performed and received this 12 months’s Australian Open, he would have secured a document twenty first males’s singles grand slam title.
“We, just like the gamers, and all tennis followers right here and world wide, are eager for the main focus to now be on the sport we’re all so enthusiastic about,” continued the Tennis Australian assertion. “We’re trying ahead to a superb two weeks of tennis forward.”
The Australian Open ends on January 31.
