Tennis Player Voracova Has Left Australia After Issues With Temporary Visa, Czech Ministry Says

Tennis player Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic looks out a window at the Park Hotel where she is being held while she stays in Australia following the cancellation of her temporary visa, the same government facility where Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is being held, in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 8, 2022. Loren Elliott/File Photo/Reuters

Czech tennis player Renata Voracova left Australia on Saturday, the Czech Foreign Ministry said, after complications with visas that got her swept up in a furore over the handling of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine exemptions.

Voracova joined men’s number one Novak Djokovic in an Australian immigration detention hotel on Thursday, despite already having been allowed into the country and playing in a match before having her temporary visa cancelled.