The drama surrounding Novak Djokovic’s detention in Australia has become the biggest news item of the young year that is 2022. Though tennis and sports reporters have been following the issue of the Serbian champion’s participation in the Australian Open with incessant attention, his own stance on vaccines, the histrionic press conferences of his family members (where the multi-millionaire tennis player’s visa travails were compared to the suffering of Jesus) as well as statements by the Serbian government leadership accusing Australia of a witch-hunt, have ensured that political reporters also pay attention to the political backlash and the wider context of Djokovic’s situation down under. SponsoredIn the western Balkans, the drama in Melbourne has dominated the front pages of all newspapers, the timelines on all

Source: The Times January 11, 2022 18:25 UTC