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Australia detains another tennis player

Australia detains another tennis player

Czech doubles specialist sent to same detention centre as vaccine critic Novak Djokovic

Supporters of Novak Djokovic gather to pray outside a detention centre where the Serbian tennis star is staying in Melbourne on Friday, pending an appeal of his deportation. (AFP Photo)

MELBOURNE: Czech tennis player Renata Voracova has ended up in the same detention facility as Novak Djokovic in the run-up to the Australian Open, the Czech foreign ministry said on Friday.

“Renata Voracova is in the same detention (facility) as Djokovic, together with several other tennis players, in Melbourne,” the ministry told AFP in an email.

The ministry said it was protesting against the detention but Voracova, the world number 81, had…

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