Novak Djokovic's father: My son is a victim of 'political oligarchy'

World No 1 tennis player Novak Djokovics visa being cancelled on his arrival in Melbourne to play in the seasonopening Grand Slam has the potential of turning into a diplomatic crisis between Australia and SerbiaAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had reiterated on Thursday that nobody was above the countrys border rules as he ordered cancellation of Djokovics visa Mr Djokovics visa has been cancelled Rules are rules especially when it comes to borders No one is above these rules Morrison had tweetedOn Friday as the defending Australian Open champions lawyers tried to get the decision reversed Serbian president Aleksander Vucic spoke to the media hitting out at the supposed politics behind Djokovics detainmentDjokovic will continue to remain in the Carlton Hotel here until his court hearing resumes on January 10 The Serbian has never spoken publicly about his vaccination status Australia is seeing tens of thousands of COVID19 cases for the first time after enduring some of the worlds strictest restrictionsWhat is not fairplay is the political witch hunt being conducted against Novak by everybody including the Australian Prime Minister pretending that the rules apply to all sencomau quoted Vucic telling the media on FridayI fear that this relentless political pursuit of Novak will continue until the moment they can prove something because when you cannot defeat somebody then you turn to these type of things added VucicThe ninetime Australian Open champion had entered the country claiming to have COVID19 in the last six months thus providing him a medical exemption to the vaccine However the Federal officials were not convinced with Djokovics documentation to prove he had the virus and subsequently cancelled his visaVucic added that Serbia would continue to follow up the case with the Australian governmentMeanwhile Djokovics father Srdjan said in Belgrade that his son was a victim of political oligarchyOur Novak our pride Novak is Serbia and Serbia is Novak he said They are trampling over Serbia and by doing that they are trampling on the Serbian people The leader of that faraway land Scott Morrisonhellip dared to attack Novak and expel him before he had reached their country They had wanted to throw him to his knees and not just him but our beautiful SerbiaWe Serbs are a proud European people Throughout history we have never attacked anyone we only defended ourselves That is what Novak our pride our Serb the pride of the entire free world is now doing by his behaviour towards hosts and tournament organisers across the world showing what kind of people he comes from Srdjan was quoted as saying by sencomauDjordie Djokovic Novaks brother suggested Tennis Australia was behind the mess He had the same document as several tennis players who are already in Australia Novak and his team had no way of contacting federal authorities He was taken to a migrant hotel to a dirty room without any belongings which he was told would be returned to him upon his return to EuropeHe was treated like a criminal while he is a healthy and decent man and a sportsman who has not endangered anyones life and has not committed any federal or legal offence said DjordieThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever