MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Following are reactions to the Australian federal court upholding a authorities choice to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, ending the Serbian’s bid for a file twenty first Grand Slam title on the Jan. 17-30 Australian Open.
20-TIMES GRAND SLAM CHAMPION NOVAK DJOKOVIC
“I would love to make a quick assertion to handle the outcomes of right this moment’s Court listening to. I’ll now be taking a while to relaxation and to recuperate, earlier than making any additional feedback past this.
“I’m extraordinarily disenchanted with the Court ruling to dismiss my utility for judicial overview of the Minister’s choice to cancel my visa, which suggests I can’t keep in Australia and take part within the Australian Open.”
AUSTRALIAN PM SCOTT MORRISON
“This cancellation choice was made on well being, security and good order grounds, on the premise that it was within the public curiosity to achieve this. I welcome the choice to hold our borders robust and hold Australians secure.
“I thank the Court for his or her immediate consideration to these points and the persistence of all concerned as we now have labored to resolve this difficulty. It’s now time to get on with the Australian Open and get again to having fun with tennis over the summer time.”
SERBIAN PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUCIC
“I spoke to Djokovic and informed him we can’t wait to see him. I informed him he’s at all times welcome in Serbia.”
CANADIAN TENNIS PLAYER VASEK POSPISIL ON TWITTER
“Novak would by no means have gone to Australia if he had not been given an exemption to enter the nation by the federal government (which he did obtain; therefore Judge Kelly’s preliminary ruling).
“He would have skipped the Australian Open and been dwelling along with his household and nobody can be speaking about this mess.
“There was a political agenda at play right here with the elections developing which could not be extra apparent. This just isn’t his fault. He didn’t drive his means into the nation and didn’t “make his personal guidelines”; he was prepared to keep dwelling.”
UKRAINIAN TENNIS PLAYER SERGIY STAKHOVSKY ON TWITTER
“A really unhappy day in historical past of tennis. It’s unhappy when politics beat widespread sense…The legislation is one for all, however interpretations are totally different for all. Shameful to goal one as a result of of his beliefs, that are totally different from others.”
FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM KEVIN RUDD ON TWITTER
“The finish of a week-long, political circus – all avoidable had Morrison not issued #Djokovic a visa within the first place.
“He then tries to seem like a furry chested Howard: ‘we resolve who comes right here, no person else’. Meanwhile hospital disaster off the entrance web page.”
FRENCH TENNIS PLAYER ALIZE CORNET ON TWITTER
“I do know too little to choose the state of affairs. What I do know is that Novak is at all times the primary one to stand for the gamers. But none of us stood for him. Be robust @DjokerNole”
AUSTRALIAN SENATOR NICK MCKIM ON TWITTER
“Djokovic will get deported to resume his privileged life. Meanwhile individuals who have been discovered to be real refugees proceed to languish in Australian prisons after 9 years of exile, homicide, abuse and brutal dehumanisation. We should take away the Minister’s god-like powers. Now.”
FORMER AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER RENNAE STUBBS ON TWITTER
“It’s official. The 9 time defending champion can be deported from Australia. This is a tragic unhappy day for tennis, Australia, the Australian Open and clearly for @DjokerNole. I truthfully can’t imagine it is come to this….”
DANIEL VALLVERDU, COACH AND FORMER PLAYER, ON TWITTER
“Everyone in tennis from gamers to coaches to journalists to television commentators…lets make a aware effort to flip the web page and provides the properly deserved consideration to the gamers competing the subsequent two weeks. They have been coaching for months and its their time. Good luck to all!”
TENNIS WRITER BEN ROTHENBERG ON TWITTER
“(Periodic and vital reminder that Djokovic might have prevented all this rigamarole by merely getting vaccinated like 97%+ of his tennis participant friends have.)”
(Compiled by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)
