
Novak Djokovic has left Australia but questions remain over the rules that shut him out
CNN
The Australian Open tennis tournament began on Monday without the world's top men's player, who departed the night before in a cloud of government suspicion that he could incite the country's anti-vaxxers.
Novak Djokovic was later pictured arriving in Dubai after losing a court challenge against the Australian government's decision to cancel his visa on public health and order grounds.
Under Australian law, Djokovic can be banned from the country for three years, though Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews hasn't ruled out an exemption. "Any application will be reviewed on its merits," she said.

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