Novak Djokovic ‘pleased and grateful’ for Australian visa appeal victory

“I’m pleased and grateful that the Judge overturned my visa cancellation. Despite all that has happened, I want to stay and try to compete"

Novak Djokovic faces an anxious wait to see if he will be allowed into Australia (Simon Bruty/AELTC/PA)

Novak Djokovic is “pleased and grateful” that his appeal against a decision to refuse him a visa in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia was successful and he wants to “stay and try to compete” at the Australian Open.

Judge Anthony Kelly quashed the visa cancellation and ordered the Australian Government to pay legal costs and release the Serbian from detention within half an hour.