(CNN)Novak Djokovic’s Australian Commence participation has supplied a tumultuous backdrop to the occasion. The Serbian world No. 1 was as soon as detained in Australia final week over a visa and vaccination dispute, and on Tuesday launched a prolonged observation addressing his movements in December 2020.
Here’s a timeline of events to this level.
Djokovic is granted an Australian non permanent entry visa to compete in the Australian Commence, a occasion the 34-year-old has obtained 9 cases. Djokovic utilized for the visa sometime in October or November 2021.
Australian Smartly being Minister Greg Hunt reportedly writes to Australian Commence Match Director and Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley stating that a Covid-19 an infection by myself in the previous six months — without paunchy vaccination — doesn’t meet the requirements for quarantine-free entry into the nation, in accordance to a leaked letter revealed in Australian local media.
December 2021
Tennis Australia reportedly sends a letter to gamers stating that a Covid-19 an infection in the previous six months, along with an accompanying letter from a doctor, would qualify as a genuine clinical exemption; and noting that gamers beget till December 10 to submit their clinical exemption applications, in accordance to a leaked letter revealed in Australian local media.
Djokovic attends a basketball game in Belgrade — after which it was as soon as reported that a different of people examined sail with Covid-19 — in accordance to a observation posted on Djokovic’s verified Instagram sage on January 12, 2021.
Djokovic takes a rapid antigen test — which is destructive — and moreover takes an genuine and popular PCR test “out of an abundance of caution,” in accordance to Djokovic’s observation.
Djokovic’s PCR test result comes abet sail later that day, in accordance to a duplicate of his test result in his affidavit, but his January 12 observation says he didn’t gain the notification of a sail PCR test result till after a tennis occasion on December 17.
Later, he’s photographed at two events, in accordance to photographs posted on his foundation’s genuine social media, and no longer one amongst the americans are masked.
Djokovic attends a tennis occasion in Belgrade to present awards to younger americans, having taken a rapid antigen test prior, which was as soon as destructive, in accordance to Djokovic’s observation.
The Belgrade Tennis Affiliation’s Facebook page posts deal of photography of Djokovic pictured alongside a neighborhood of kids at a tennis awards ceremony. One photo reveals no longer decrease than 26 — mainly younger — americans posing with him. Social distancing measures are no longer being observed and no masks are being historic.
At some level after the occasion, Djokovic receives the notification of a sail PCR test, in accordance to his observation.
Djokovic is at his tennis heart in Belgrade to fulfill a L’Equipe interview and photoshoot. His observation says he socially distanced and wore a conceal with the exception of when his photograph was as soon as being taken.
Journalist Franck Ramella and photographer Etienne Garnier were no longer told Djokovic was as soon as Covid-sail before, at some level of or after the interview with the tennis superstar in Belgrade, the French sports activities newspaper reported on January 12.
The L’Equipe article states Ramella has since examined destructive to Covid-19. It doesn’t mention Garnier’s successfully being.
Djokovic assessments destructive for the virus, in accordance to his affidavit.
• December 23
Djokovic has antibodies to the coronavirus a doc issued by the Public Smartly being of Serbia Institute reveals, supporting the tennis participant’s contention that he had recovered from Covid-19 when he arrived in Australia for the Australian Commence.
CNN has contacted the Public Smartly being of Serbia Institute in Belgrade to anticipate if antibodies could beget advance from a old an infection in June 2020.
Djokovic receives a clinical exemption from Tennis Australia allowing him to enter Australia without Covid vaccination or quarantine on the grounds that he has accurate recovered from Covid, in accordance to court docket paperwork.
Sooner than the year ends, video and photography appear to present Djokovic in Spain and Serbia in the two-week duration before touring to Australia. Djokovic had ticked ‘No’ on a commute declaration when asked if he had traveled in the 14 days sooner than his arrival into Australia, in accordance to court docket paperwork obtained by CNN.
January 2022
Djokovic’s crew submits his commute declaration to the Australian Ministry of Home Affairs, which notifies them that it has been assessed and he’s cleared for quarantine-free arrival, in accordance to the affidavit.
Djokovic receives a Border Shuffle Allow by the mumble government of Victoria, in accordance to his affidavit, where Melbourne is found and where the Australian Commence will happen.
Having left Spain the day before, Djokovic arrives in Melbourne shut to heart of the night time. His passport is taken and he’s escorted to a itsy-bitsy room where he’s interviewed by border administration officers, in accordance to the affidavit.
Djokovic’s visa is canceled by the Australian government and he’s taken to a non permanent detention facility at the Park Resort in Melbourne, in accordance to the affidavit.
In a files convention, Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms and reads out the letter despatched on November 29 from Smartly being Minister Hunt to Tennis Australia stating that a Covid-19 an infection by myself in the previous six months doesn’t meet the requirements for quarantine-free entry.
Djokovic’s hearing commences, with the mumble deciding to quash the cancellation of his visa and represent his release from detention. The mumble, despite the incontrovertible fact that, says Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke reserves the factual to deport Djokovic.
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is investigating whether or no longer Djokovic submitted a false commute declaration sooner than arrival in Australia.
Djokovic says his crew has supplied extra files to the Australian Govt to give an explanation for the issue of his commute declaration.
Alternatively, Australian Border Force (ABF) officials are investigating imaginable inconsistencies in paperwork linked to Djokovic’s December PCR result as well to the tennis participant’s movements in the days after he examined sail for Covid-19 in Serbia, a source with files of the investigation told CNN.
As he awaits a name on whether or no longer he can dwell in Australia, Djokovic is drawn in opposition to fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the first spherical of the Australian Commence.
Australia’s immigration minister revokes Djokovic’s visa sooner than the Australian Commence, asserting “it was as soon as in the general public pastime to fabricate so.”
Djokovic is detained by Australian authorities sooner than a court docket hearing on his case to carry in the nation.
A old model of this timeline incorrectly mentioned the different of identified events Djokovic attended on December 16.
