Czech player leaves Australia over visa issue

Renata Voracova

Czech women's tennis player Renata Voracova flew out of Australia's Melbourne airport on Saturday after her visa was cancelled over her COVID-19 vaccine status, a government source said.

Voracova, 38, had been kept in the same Melbourne immigration centre as Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic, who is fighting to overturn the cancellation of his visa.

AFP photo and video images showed the Czech player, who had originally planned to compete in the Australian Open, being driven out of the detention centre earlier in the day.
She took a flight out of Melbourne late on Saturday evening, the source said.

Australia's border authority said it had been investigating the visas of two people connected to the Australian Open, in addition to Djokovic.

Though the Australian Border Force has not identified them, the Czech government has confirmed Voracova was one of those detained.

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