Australian Open? No, Australian Closed!
This week has been such a whirlwind! First, tennis star Novak Djokovic was given a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open this year. But, when we all woke up today, we found out that he was detained at Melbourne Airport by the Australian Border Force. His visa was cancelled, he is now in a hotel controlled by immigration officials, and he faces deportation. It’s been a dramatic and hectic 24 hours, and of course, Australians are sending tweets to sum up their feelings about Novak Djokovic in hilarious ways. Expect throwbacks to Johnny Depp’s Pistol and Boo, spicy tennis takes, and more! Without further ado, here are just some funny tweets about the Novak Djokovic situation.
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When will the Border Security episode featuring Novak Djokovic air? Asking for a million friends
— Antoinette Lattouf (@antoinette_news) January 5, 2022
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The important thing to remember about Novak Djokovic being denied entry to Australia after spending a day in the airport thinking he was more important than everyone else is that it is incredibly funny.
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) January 5, 2022
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Not now honey mommy has to know if novak djokovic is getting deported or not pic.twitter.com/mB667mnSdT
— Di šŖ (@evildaya) January 5, 2022
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The Manus Island Open is thrilled to announce wild card entrant Novak Djokovic
— The Shovel (@TheShovel) January 5, 2022
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Novak Djokovic has been found in violation of Australiaās strict bio security laws and has been euthanised
— dan nolan (@dannolan) January 5, 2022
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JUST IN: Novak Djokovic, the number one tennis player in the world, has been denied entry into Australia because he is unvaccinated.
Roger Federer would not have made this mistake, just saying.
— Aaron Parnas (@AaronParnas) January 5, 2022
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Aussie borders have always been pretty harsh: pic.twitter.com/kqLL05huxv
— Seth Myers-Briggs (@Budulnya) January 5, 2022
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I honestly feel sorry for Novak Djokovic. I havenāt seen someone stuck at Melbourne Airport that long since Tiger Airways was in business.
— Byron Kaye (@byronkaye) January 5, 2022
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This Djokovic deportation is going to get me through at least 2-3 hours of living in a prolonged, inescapable, divisive, hostile pandemic
— anna s-r (@annaspargoryan) January 5, 2022
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This mf called tennys š¤£ https://t.co/M5rVujghAZ
— keen online poster (@keen_poster) January 5, 2022
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Novak Djokovic's tennis shoes finding out they won't be participating in the Australian Open. pic.twitter.com/jRY5CT3CeF
— Nick Walker (@nickw84) January 5, 2022
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iām hearing border force have placed djokovic in the glass prison from x-men they put magneto in
— the banks are out of money (@mrgracemugabe) January 5, 2022
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Message to Novak Djokovic pic.twitter.com/U5Jv35IIoJ
— Ian Ford (@ij_ford) January 5, 2022
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Clearly Novak Djokovic never watched Border Control Australia cos they are sticklers for their rules and donāt take no shit from nobody
— Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera (@PantiBliss) January 5, 2022
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Novak Djokovic given a detention after handing in a sick note signed "My Mum."
— Alan Baxter ā (@AlanBixter) January 5, 2022
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i feel like barnaby joyce publicly executing novak djokovic for breaching border security would really bring the nation together and give us a much needed release valve.
— ignore me im on holidays (@cameronwilson) January 5, 2022
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live scenes of Novak Djokovic trying to get into Australia pic.twitter.com/XPewAazwcW
— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) January 5, 2022
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Novak Djokovic supporters take to the streets of Melbourne. pic.twitter.com/7lAXrLaVsI
— Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) January 5, 2022
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they say novak djokovic doesnāt lose but he lost that visa real quick š¤·āāļø
— leensš (@Ieensv5) January 5, 2022
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šØšØBREAKINGšØšØ En route back from Australia, Novak Djokovic has become lodged in the Suez Canal
— alex kealy (@alexkealy) January 5, 2022
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It seems the issue with Novak Djokovicās visa application is that under the dotted line where it says ādo not write under this spaceā he wrote āokayā.
— Rudi Edsall (@RudiEdsall) January 5, 2022
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"Tell him he can come"
"Now tell him he can't" š¤£#Djokovic #novakdjokovic #AustralianOpen #novaxdjokovic pic.twitter.com/GY8arrSVY0— This is (@AsmahMahmood) January 5, 2022
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novak djokovic wonāt read your tweet making fun of him, but i will. and iāll laugh and hit the little heart button
— Michael Lucy (@MmichaelLlucy) January 5, 2022
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Pistol, Boo and Novak Djokovic walk into a bar ā¦.#DjokovicOut #novaxdjokovic
— Dr Kirstin Ferguson (@kirstinferguson) January 5, 2022
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Surely in the true spirit of the #AusOpen , Djokovic does not get deported but is instead ābundled outā
— Greg Jericho (@GrogsGamut) January 5, 2022