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Andy Murray sets up Madrid Open meeting with Novak Djokovic: ‘I shouldn’t have a chance’, says Brit | Tennis News

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Andy Murray claims first victory over top-20 player this year with 6-1 3-6 6-2 win over Denis Shapovalov; Murray will next face world No 1 Novak Djokovic, who advanced to the last 16 with a straight sets win over Gael Monfils; young Brit Jack Draper falls short of Andrey Rublev upset

Last Updated: 04/05/22 11:15am

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Andy Murray beat Denis Shapovalov 6-1 3-6 6-2 to set up a last-16 clash with Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open

Andy Murray beat Denis Shapovalov 6-1 3-6 6-2 to set up a last-16 clash with Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open

Andy Murray says he “shouldn’t have a chance” of upsetting Novak Djokovic after setting up a clash with the World No 1 in the third round of the Madrid Open in what will be their first ATP Tour meeting since 2017.

Murray, 34, outlasted Denis Shapovalov in a three-set thriller on Tuesday night and will now face Djokovic in the last 16 after the Serb dispatched Gael Monfils in straight sets.

Speaking in his post-match interview, Murray, who was handed a wildcard for this event, said of his 37th career clash with Djokovic: “He’s obviously No 1 in the world [and] I’m playing with a metal hip, so I shouldn’t have a chance.

“I thought about it a little bit at the beginning of the third set. I didn’t know if I was going to get the chance to play matches like that again.”

It was Murray's first victory this year over a top 20 player

It was Murray’s first victory this year over a top 20 player

Murray: My game is in good shape

“In theory I shouldn’t have a chance in the match, but I’ve put myself in a great position,” Murray continued.

“”I worked extremely hard in the last five or six

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Novak Djokovic faces deportation after Australian government revokes his visa for a second time | Tennis News

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Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open title defence looks to be over

Novak Djokovic faces deportation after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time, three days away from the start of the 2022 Australian Open. 

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke released a statement just before 7am UK time explaining that his decision to cancel the men’s world number one’s visa was made “in the public interest”, but Djokovic’s legal team have since submitted a request for an injunction, delaying his deportation.

The nine-time Australian Open winner will not be detained or deported overnight, although he will be under detention on Saturday morning when he attends the office of his lawyers ahead of the hearing on Sunday morning.

The 34-year-old was included in Thursday’s first-round draw, amid uncertainty over whether he would remain in the country, and Djokovic must now anxiously await a ruling to find out whether he can pursue his 21st Grand Slam title against unseeded Serb Miomir Kecmanovic on Monday.

Hawke said: “Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so.

Novak Djokovic has admitted to making an 'error of judgement' by attending an interview and photoshoot with a French newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19 last month

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Novak Djokovic has admitted to making an ‘error of judgement’ by attending an interview and photoshoot with a French newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19 last month

Novak Djokovic has admitted to making an ‘error of judgement’ by attending an interview and photoshoot with a French newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19 last month

“The decision followed orders by the Federal Circuit and Family Court on 10 January 2022, quashing a prior cancellation decision on procedural fairness grounds.

“In making this decision, I carefully considered information

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Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia, visa cancelled

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Novak Djokovic’s probability to perform for a 10th Australian Open up title was thrown into limbo Thursday when the region denied him entry and canceled his visa due to the fact he unsuccessful to meet the specifications for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccination regulations.

The best-rated Djokovic announced on social media Tuesday that he experienced “exemption permission” and landed in Australia late Wednesday just after obtaining a medical exemption from the Victoria condition federal government that was predicted to protect him from the rigid vaccination rules in spot for this year’s initial key tennis tournament.

But border authorities did not accept the exemption. The Australian Border Pressure issued a statement declaring Djokovic unsuccessful to fulfill entry demands.

“The rule is very obvious,” Key Minister Scott Morrison explained to a news convention Thursday. “You have to have to have a clinical exemption. He did not have a valid health care exemption. We make the phone at the border, and that’s the place it is enforced.”

Well being Minister Greg Hunt mentioned the visa cancellation followed a overview of Djokovic’s medical exemption by border officers who appeared “at the integrity and the evidence driving it.”

He reported Djokovic was no cost to enchantment the final decision, “but if a visa is canceled, somebody will have to go away the state.”

The president of Djokovic’s indigenous Serbia blasted the “harassment” of

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Novak Djokovic Is Refused Entry Into Australia More than Vaccine Exemption

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Novak Djokovic, the world’s No. 1-rated men’s tennis participant, traveled all working day Wednesday from Dubai to Australia, a journey that was supposed to commence his defense of the Australian Open singles championship.

On Thursday, he was explained to he would need to have to depart the nation, adhering to a 10-hour standoff with federal government officers at a Melbourne airport, where by he was held in a place right away over the validity of his visa and queries about the proof supporting a clinical exemption from a coronavirus vaccine. The exemption was supposed to let Djokovic, a 20-time Grand Slam event winner and one particular of the most important stars in sports, to contend in the Australian Open up even while he has not been vaccinated.

Djokovic did not quickly go away the place, and his group filed a lawful obstacle to the ruling on Thursday. A decide mentioned Djokovic would be permitted to remain in Australia at least right up until Monday as his legal professionals awaited a listening to. A spokesman for the tennis star did not straight away answer to requests for comment.

The chain of activities represented a startling turnabout for Djokovic, who in a little extra than 24 several hours went from acquiring unique, past-minute permission to enjoy in the Open up, to boarding an intercontinental flight, to fundamentally staying informed by the primary minister of Australia that he was not welcome in the region.

At a single position President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia even received associated, speaking with Djokovic and criticizing the Australian authorities for its therapy of his country’s most important sports star.

The pandemic has wreaked all way of havoc with sporting activities throughout the past two yrs. The Tokyo Summer season Olympics had been postponed for a 12 months. Major

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