Australian judge reinstates Djokovic's visa, releases him from quarantine

Tennis star has been confined to a Melbourne hotel that detains refugees since Thursday after border officials overturned a Victoria state vaccine exemption.

An Australian judge quashed the cancellation of Novak Djokovic’s visa in a court hearing Monday and said the tennis star should be released from a quarantine hotel in Melbourne.

Federal Circuit court judge Anthony Kelly said the government should pay the world tennis number one’s costs and “take all necessary steps to release the applicant immediately.” A lawyer acting for the government warned that the immigration department may take steps to cancel Djokovic’s visa again, as suggested in the government’s earlier response. 

Djokovic has been confined to a Melbourne hotel that detains refugees since Thursday after border officials overturned a