Exclusive: Australia will overturn the Serbian tennis player’s three-year ban that accompanied his visa cancellation during the Covid pandemic
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic will be given a visa by the Australian government, allowing him to play the 2023 Australian Open.
Guardian Australia understands the immigration minister, Andrew Giles, will give Djokovic a visa, overturning a three-year ban that accompanied the decision by the previous government to cancel his visa on the eve of the 2022 open.