Australian Open
14 Jan 2022
Australia has cancelled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time in a sensational new attempt to deport the unvaccinated tennis superstar Friday.
9 Jan 2022
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic launches a make-or-break court battle on Monday to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title, arguing he has an all-clear because of a positive coronavirus test in December.
9 Jan 2022
Nadal decided to play the lower level tournament to get some match practice after missing much of 2021 with injury and Covid-19.
8 Jan 2022
Australian border agents held tennis superstar Novak Djokovic for eight hours at Melbourne airport, mostly incommunicado
8 Jan 2022
Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley boasted of his team's "unbelievable job" after the visa crisis engulfing Novak Djokovic, in a video leaked
8 Jan 2022
Naomi Osaka pulled out of a warm-up tournament for the Australian Open Saturday, saying her "body got a shock" after playing
7 Jan 2022
Novak Djokovic's fans rallied in the rain Friday to protest the tennis superstar's shock detention in Australia, a development that reverberated globally and sparked an angry reaction from Serbia.
7 Jan 2022
Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic's Australian visa disaster may be down to a subtle but important difference in the Covid-19 vaccination rules for either playing in the Australian Open
6 Jan 2022
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic won a temporary reprieve in his deportation from Australia on Thursday, but is set to spend the night in an immigration detention facility as he fights to remain in the country.
2 Jan 2022
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley said Sunday there was still "quite a bit to play out" on whether Novak Djokovic will defend his title in Melbourne,
25 Dec 2021
Novak Djokovic will not play in the ATP Cup ahead of the Australian Open, where his participation is in doubt because he refuses to say if he has been vaccinated against Covid-19, his team have told Serbian newspaper Blic. "It is 99 percent sure that Novak won't go to the ATP Cup. He is training…
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