WORLD Australia seeks to detain Djokovic Saturday morning: lawyer

WORLD

Australia seeks to detain Djokovic Saturday morning: lawyer

AFP

19:48, January 14, 2022

Defending men's champion Serbia's Novak Djokovic practices on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Australia's government seeks to detain Novak Djokovic on Saturday morning after cancelling his visa for a second time, a government lawyer told an emergency hearing Friday.

The tennis world number one would be kept in detention except to attend online court hearings at his solicitors' offices, with Border Force officials deployed on the same floor, barrister Stephen Lloyd said.

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