Though Novak Djokovic still faces the prospect of deportation from Australia, his father is bolstering public opinion at home in Serbia that the case "is closed." "The whole situation regarding Novak Djokovic is closed by the verdict of the Australian court," Srdjan Djokovic told Bosnian Serb TV station RTRS on Tuesday. Serbs have rallied around their sports idol, who hopes to defend his title at the Australian Open this month if he can manage to stay in the country.

The top-ranked Djokovic trained at Melbourne Park, where the tournament is held, within hours of winning a legal battle that allowed him to stay for now. But he faces the possibility of deportation because he's not vaccinated against COVID-19. That hasn't stopped Srdjan Djokovic from making his case.