Australian authorities canceled the visa of the world's No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic, on Thursday after he failed to provide appropriate proof regarding his exemption from rules requiring foreigners be vaccinated, officials said.
The decision was made after the Serbian player was questioned overnight at a Melbourne airport by federal officials amid widespread anger Down Under that he was granted a medical exemption from COVID vaccination to play at the Australian Open.
“The visa for Novak Djokovic has been canceled,” federal health minister Greg Hunt said on the Australian breakfast news show Sunrise.