Djokovic deported - our reaction; AO Preview
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Novak Djokovic will not compete at the 2022 Australian Open after losing his appeal in the Federal Court and being deported from Australia. How did it all come to this? And what effect will it have on the tournament?
In terms of actual tennis, Catherine, David and Matt look through the draws, pick out some interesting storylines, decide who's in and who's out of The Mix, and reveal what went on during media day on Saturday.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Billie Jean King. |
| 0:01.9 | This is Mary and Bartoli. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Matt's Belander. |
| 0:04.3 | This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:05.4 | This is Pam Shriver. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Yannick Noah. |
| 0:07.5 | This is Rob Sophie from the great city of Chicago. |
| 0:10.8 | And you're listening to the wonderful tennis podcast. |
| 0:24.7 | Well, thank you very much to Rob Sophie, |
| 0:26.5 | the friend of the tennis podcast in our entry there from Chicago, |
| 0:30.8 | as is our lovely mascot for the Australian Open Charlie, |
| 0:36.3 | of whom there will be more news, plenty more news, trust me, |
| 0:40.8 | at the end of the show, because this is our first official Australian Open Daily show. |
| 0:48.4 | It's the preview show. |
| 0:50.3 | And it starts with the news that it's done. |
| 0:54.2 | It's over Novak Djokovic is out of the Australian Open. |
| 0:58.2 | And as we come to you at 10 past seven in the evening, |
| 1:01.6 | Melbourne time, 10 past eight in the morning, |
| 1:05.6 | Solly Hold Time, |
| 1:07.5 | Djokovic is awaiting deportation from the country, |
| 1:12.2 | back to presumably his home in Serbia. |
| 1:15.8 | And that is because his appeal against the decision of immigration minister Alex Hawke, |
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