阿联酋迪拜——诺瓦克·德约科维奇在被塞尔维亚驱逐出境后，于周一返回塞尔维亚的家中澳大利亚新冠肺炎疫苗接种结束了排名第一的男子网球运动员卫冕澳网冠军的希望。
周一早些时候，一架载有德约科维奇的阿联酋飞机从澳大利亚降落在迪拜，随后，德约科维奇被看到在欧洲中部时间12:10降落在塞尔维亚首都贝尔格莱德的飞机上。他的律师周日在澳大利亚法庭上辩称，根据医疗豁免，他应该被允许留在澳大利亚参加比赛，原因是冠状病毒上个月感染。
德约科维奇已经获得了9个澳网冠军，其中包括连续3个冠军，总共获得了20个大满贯单打冠军，与对手费德勒和纳达尔并列男子网球史上冠军最多。费德勒在伤愈期间没有参加比赛，纳达尔是周一开始的锦标赛中唯一的前澳网男子冠军。
德约科维奇的签证最初于1月6日被一名边境官员取消，他认为自己没有资格获得澳大利亚对未接种疫苗的游客规定的医疗豁免。他被免除了锦标赛的疫苗规则，因为他在之前的六个月内感染了病毒。
他赢得了留在锦标赛的上诉，但澳大利亚的移居部长后来吊销了他的签证。三名联邦法院法官周日一致决定确认移民部长取消德约科维奇签证的权利。
在疫情接种疫苗是澳网任何人的要求，无论是球员、他们的教练还是比赛现场的任何人。在他们各自的旅游排名中，超过95%的前100名男女都接种了疫苗。至少有两个人——美国人坦尼斯·桑德格伦和法国人皮埃尔·胡格斯·赫伯特——因为疫苗的要求而缺席了今年的第一场大型锦标赛。
德约科维奇试图因没有接种疫苗而获得医疗豁免，这在澳大利亚引发了愤怒。自疫情疫情开始以来，澳大利亚一直在采取严格的城市封锁和限制国际旅行的措施，试图控制冠状病毒的传播。
但是德约科维奇在他的祖国塞尔维亚拥有压倒性的支持，总统亚历山大·武契奇说澳大利亚的法庭听证会是“一场充满谎言的闹剧。”
“他们认为自己用这10天的骚扰羞辱了德约科维奇，实际上是在羞辱自己。如果你说没有接种疫苗的人无权进入，诺瓦克就不会来，也不会接种疫苗，”武西奇告诉记者。
Djokovic heads for Belgrade after deportation from Australia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Novak Djokovic was heading home to Serbia on Monday after his deportation fromAustraliaover its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men's tennis player's hopes of defending his Australian Open title.
An Emirates plane carrying him from Australia landed in Dubai early Monday, and Djokovic was later seen on board a plane due to land in the Serbian capital of Belgrade at 12:10 CET. His lawyers had argued in an Australian court on Sunday that he should be allowed to stay in the country and compete in the tournament under a medical exemption due to acoronavirusinfection last month.
Djokovic has won nine Australian Open titles, including three in a row, and a total of 20 Grand Slam singles trophies, tied with rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most in the history of men’s tennis. Federer is not playing while recovering from injury, and Nadal is the only former Australian Open men's champion in the tournament that began Monday.
Djokovic’s visa was initially canceled on Jan. 6 by a border official who decided he didn’t qualify for a medical exemption from Australia’s rules for unvaccinated visitors. He was exempted from the tournament’s vaccine rules because he had been infected with the virus within the previous six months.
He won an appeal to stay for the tournament, but Australia'simmigrationminister later revoked his visa. Three Federal Court judges decided unanimously Sunday to affirm the immigration minister’s right to cancel Djokovic’s visa.
Vaccination amid the pandemic was a requirement for anyone at the Australian Open, whether players, their coaches or anyone at the tournament site. More than 95% of all Top 100 men and women in their tours’ respective rankings are vaccinated. At least two men — American Tennys Sandgren and Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert — skipped the first major tournament of the year due to the vaccine requirement.
Djokovic's attempt to get the medical exemption for not being vaccinated sparked anger in Australia, where strict lockdowns in cities and curbs on international travel have been employed to try to control the spread of the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
But Djokovic has overwhelming support in his native Serbia, and President Aleksandar Vucic said the court hearing in Australia was “a farce with a lot of lies.”
“They think that they humiliated Djokovic with this 10-day harassment, and they actually humiliated themselves. If you said that the one who was not vaccinated has no right to enter, Novak would not come or would be vaccinated,” Vucic told reporters.
