Novak Djokovic will defend his Australian Open title after a months-long battle with the government, officials and event organisers, as the tennis star reveals he has been granted a rare exemption from being vaccinated against Covid.
The world no.1 revealed through an Instagram post on Tuesday night he was set to travel to Melbourne ahead of the year’s first Grand Slam starting on January 17, saying he had been granted ‘exemption permission’.
It marks a stark change in tact from