January 10 Djokovic Australia visa hearing news

Djokovic's father Srdjan Djokovic has said that his son's "human rights were taken away from him.”

“They waited for him at the airport, he had no rights … all his human rights were taken away from him," he said at Monday's Djokovic family news conference in Belgrade .

“He finally got in contact with his team of lawyers and he had a great defense team ... they did such a good job that they are not going to deport him in the end,” the tennis star's father said.

Srdjan heaped praise on the judge who ruled in favor of his son, adding that he did an “excellent job.”

He went on to praise his son as an "amazing young man who never harmed anyone.”

Deportation worries: Meanwhile, the player's mother Dijana Djokovic said she is “very worried” her son may still get deported.

“This situation has been very difficult,” she said, adding: “we tried really hard to fight for him.”

“We could not call him they took his telephone from him,” she said. “You can imagine what we have gone through in the past few days," she added.

At a Belgrade press conference, the brother of Novak Djokovic thanked supporters of the tennis star and said he hoped Novak would come out of this as a champion.

"Everything is completed, finally, and Novak is finally free. Novak was on the tennis court a little earlier, he trained a little bit, and this is how he fights for himself — he plays tennis," Djordje Djokovic told the news conference.

“Novak did nothing wrong,” he added, saying he was thrilled that” the Australian legal system had come through for Novak.”

Novak Djokovic has tweeted that he is "pleased and grateful" that a judge quashed the Australian government's decision to cancel his visa. He said that "despite all that has happened," he wants to remain in country to "try to compete" in the Australian Open.

He also thanked his supporters for standing with him and encouraging him to "stay strong."

If you're just joining us, here's a recap of events that have led up to now.

According to Djokovic's affidavit:

Rafael Nadal has described the ongoing controversy with his rival Novak Djokovic as "a circus."

"Whether or not I agree with Djokovic on something, justice has spoken and has said he has the right to participate in the Australian Open and I think it is the fairest decision to do so," Nadal told Spanish radio station Onda Cero on Monday.

Nadal last week said that he feels "sorry" for Djokovic ahead of the Australian Open but added that his rival has long been aware of the vaccine requirement to play in the tournament.

Djokovic is tied with Nadal and Roger Federer on 20 grand slam titles.

Nadal joked Monday: "Well, on a personal level, I much prefer he doesn't play!"

Virus has "changed our lives": Nadal said that despite the “circus” that had been created around Djokovic, that he had no doubt about the seriousness of Covid-19.

“There’s something that’s clear, for all the debate that there may be, which is that there are millions of deaths worldwide, because of a virus – this is a reality,” he said

Nadal added that when it came to health he sought to listen to those that knew more than he did.

“I know about tennis, less about other things,” he said.

“I don’t feel more intelligent or less intelligent for doing it,” he said, reiterating that he believed people should be afforded a choice, while adding that actions have consequences.

Novak Djokovic had not been detained in Australia, according to the office of immigration minister Alex Hawke.

Australia’s Minister of Immigration still has the power to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa to play in the Australian Open, following the success of the tennis player’s appeal against deportation earlier on Monday.

A spokesperson for the Immigration Minister, Alex Hawke, released a statement on Monday evening:

Novak Djokovic's family will hold a news conference in Serbian capital Belgrade at 12 p.m. local time (6 a.m. ET), according to a statement posted by his father on Instagram.

Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has tested positive for Covid-19, he confirmed in a post to his Instagram story on Monday.

"I just want to be open and transparent with everyone, the reason I have had to pull out of Sydney is because I tested positive for Covid," Kyrgios said on Instagram.

He said still wants to compete in the Australian Open.

On Friday Kyrgios criticized the "really bad" treatment of Novak Djokovic.

"Look I definitely believe in taking action, I got vaccinated because of others and for my mums (sic) health, but how we are handling Novak's situation is bad, really bad," Kyrgios wrote on Twitter on Friday.

"Like these memes, headlines, this is one of our great champions but at the end of the day, he is human. Do better."