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Eugene

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Fri Jan 7, 2022, 06:07 AM Jan 2022

Novak Djokovic saga: Australia investigates visas of other tennis players [View all]

Source: BBC

Novak Djokovic saga: Australia investigates visas of other tennis players

7 January 2022

Australia has said it is investigating the visas of other foreign tennis players, after detaining Novak Djokovic in a chaotic row over vaccine rules.

The men's world number one remains in immigration detention in Melbourne and is facing deportation after his entry to the country was denied on Wednesday.

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In an interview, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said there was intelligence to "indicate there are some individuals here now that have not met the entry requirements and we have to investigate that," she told Channel 9 on Friday.

However, she did not say how many other players were under investigation or who they were.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59903785

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