MELBOURNE—Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was joined in Australian immigration detention by Czech women’s player Renata Voracova on Friday as he sought to fend off deportation over the country’s COVID-19 rules and compete in the Australian Open, where he is seeking to win his record-breaking 21st Grand Slam singles title.
Both players were being kept at the modest Park Hotel in inner-city Melbourne, where scores of asylum seekers are also housed behind grey walls and locked windows.
