Novak Djokovic says Australian border officials royally screwed up when they denied him entry into the country ... claiming he had COVID-19 last month, and that gives him natural immunity, meaning he shouldn't have been stopped in Melbourne.
Attorneys for the 34-year-old tennis superstar filed docs with an Australian court on Saturday, according to the NY Times, arguing officials went against the advice of their own immunization advisory group when they canceled Novak's visa, believing he received a bogus exemption allowing him to skirt Australia's strict vaccine mandate.
Djokovic's lawyers say Australian health officials previously suggested recent COVID infections could exempt travelers from needing the vaccine.