Regardless of who made an error on the visa or the vaccination waiver or whatever, the reality on Friday for tennis’s top-ranked men’s player, Novak Djokovic, was spending one of his important religious holidays in an Australian detention hotel working on his challenge against deportation.
Djokovic has been receiving calls from Serbia, including from his parents and the president, hoping to boost his spirits. A priest from the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Melbourne sought permission from immigration authorities to visit the nine-time Australian Open champion to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas.
“Our Christmas is rich in many customs and it is so
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