JUST IN: Tennis star Novak Djokovic can play in Australian Open after visa cancellation overturned
Members of the local Serbian community on Sunday rally outside a government detention center where Serbia's tennis champion Novak Djokovic had been in quarantine in Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria. Photo: William West/AFP via Getty Images
Novak Djokovic's Australian visa cancellation was overturned Monday by a judge on the country's federal circuit court, who ordered the Serbian tennis star's release from immigration detentionIt enables the men's tennis world No. 1 to stay in the country and defend his Australian Open title, after border officialsDjokovic is seeking to achieve a record 21st Grand Slam win when the tournament begins on Jan. 17.
Christopher Tan, a lawyer for the Australian government, told the court in Melbourne following Judge Anthony Kelly's ruling that the minister, Alex Hawke, "will consider whether to exercise a personal power of cancelation.", between Djokovic and the Australian government that the government will pay the player's costs and return his passport and personal belongings.
Kelly said the decision to cancel Djokovic's visa was "unreasonable" because the player had been told at 5:20a.m. last Thursday that he had until 8:30a.m. to respond to officials. The judge had earlier permitted Djokovic to leave the Melbourne hotel detention facility in which he had been placed in order to attend his hearing.
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