Srdjan Djokovic suggests there was a vicious reason why Novak Djokovic wasn’t allowed to compete at the Australian Open as dad Djokovic felt some wanted to show their power by “destroying the best tennis player.”
On January 5, Djokovic announced he was granted a special medical exemption to compete at the Australian Open. But when Djokovic landed in Australia the following day, he was detained and his visa was canceled. After 10 long days in Australia, Djokovic was deported from the country and handed a three-year ban from entering the country.
During that period, the whole Djokovic family was irate as they said several times that it was unacceptable that their son was being “treated like a criminal” in Australia.
Srdjan Djokovic on the Djokovic Australia visa saga
“I have to choose words, I didn’t choose them when they kept my child in prison for seven days.
That was the shame of all the shames. He was in prison. When looked at hundreds of Serbs who supported him, he could neither hear nor see those people who supported him. They simply wanted to break him and destroy him and show through him, who was the best on the ATP list, that they can do whatever they want.
While he was flying between Dubai and Melbourne, they changed the law where unvaccinated people can’t enter the country. He didn’t go there voluntarily, he was in agreement with Tennis Australia. Now is the same situation, I don’t know if it’s going to change, but it doesn’t matter.
He won a big one, bigger than 10 Australian Opens. I can’t even count how many he won. His victory is reflected in the fact that all these people released from that prison after eight years,” Srdjan Djokovic said on K1 television, per Telegraf.
Recently, Novak Djokovic confirmed that there have been some “positive signs” coming from Australia as he is hoping his ban gets rescinded and he is allowed to return to the Australian Open in 2023.
