Australian Open | Focus shifts to on-court action
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Italian Caruso selected to take Djokovic’s place
The Australian Open, dogged by unprecedented controversy and confusion, finally gets under way on Monday — without men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic.
Italy’s 150th-ranked Salvatore Caruso, the so-called ‘lucky loser’, has been selected to take Djokovic’s place in the draw.
The Serbian World No. 1’s decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 sparked a saga which dragged through the courts and culminated in him facing deportation on Sunday.
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