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Australia cancels Djokovic’s visa again

Australia cancels Djokovic’s visa again

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Australia’s decision to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa for a second time puts the Serbian world number one’s dream of a 10th Australian Open title and a record 21st Grand Slam in peril.

MELBOURNE: Australia cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa for a second time Friday in a sensational new attempt to deport the unvaccinated tennis superstar.

The country’s conservative government, defeated once in the courts, invoked extraordinary executive powers to again rip up the 34-year-old Serbian’s visa on public interest grounds.

The move came just three days before the Australian Open starts, putting Djokovic’s dream of a record 21st Grand Slam in…

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