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The immigration document that Novak Djokovic submitted on his arrival in Australia last week was not perfect, and he has moved to clarify how it was made.
A statement was posted on the social media accounts of the men's tennis No. 1 while he was in Rod Laver Arena practicing against a young Australian.
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The nine-time and defending Australian Open champion is in limbo before the year's first tennis major starts next Monday. On Monday, a court allowed him to stay in the country, but he still faces deportation because he's not up to date with his vaccine.
He had made errors on his immigration form that could result in the cancellation of his visa, and he had been attending events in Serbia while infectious.
On the form, he said he hadn't traveled in 14 days. The athlete was seen in Spain and Serbia in a two week period.
In a statement posted on the social media site, the Serbian tennis player said he wanted to address the "continued misinformation" about his presence in Australia.
He took rapid tests that were negative in the days before he returned a positive on a test that he undertook out of an "abundance of caution''.
He apologized for the administrative mistake in the travel declaration and said it was submitted on his behalf by his support team.
He wrote that it was a human error and not deliberate. The Australian Government has been provided additional information by the team.
He recently recovered from COVID-19 and may have a valid exemption to enter Australia.
The Immigration Minister's office said that the legal team for the tennis player had filed further submissions against the cancellation of his visa.
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