Novak Djokovic trolled by airline after visa drama as social media pokes fun with memes

Unsurprisingly, a lot of memes are doing the rounds on the back of Novak Djokovic’s bizarre start to the 2022 tennis season with the world No 1’s visa cancelled upon his arrival in Australia.
After announcing on Tuesday that he was headed Down Under to compete at the season-opening Australian Open following an exemption from authorities, things escalated pretty quickly as when he touched down he was kept at Melbourne’s Tullamanrien airport for more than nine hours.
And then came the bombshell from the Australian Border Force that his visa has been revoked as he “failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia”.
Even before the announcement came the Internet started poking fun as Djokovic was cast in “The Terminal”.
Novak Djokovic is Novak Djokovic in “The Terminal 2”
This January 2022 🍿🎾 pic.twitter.com/3EJFSnYD1b
— Rob Jeffries (@RobJeffries) January 5, 2022
Of course the fans of his old foe Roger Federer took an opportunity to poke fun and had the Swiss maestro as a member of the border control team.
Live scenes at Melbourne Airport Border Control..#Federer #Djokovic #AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/KD9SLP1X16
— RF – Invests (@RFInvests) January 5, 2022
Spending such a long time at the airport was always going to take its toll.
The Terminal#djokovic pic.twitter.com/DjQRIDbTtM
— Bettybus (@EBustreo) January 5, 2022
Once the announcement came, Ryanair was quick to get in on the act.
Unlucky @DjokerNole Flight home? pic.twitter.com/D8mpNq4jEB
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) January 5, 2022
Not many people will come out of this saga with their heads held high with the Australian government, Victoria government and Tennis Australia all coming in for some criticism.
The “who granted #Novak an exemption” triangle for all the pressers tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/Jb0Oz3cCkN
— Peter Hooley (@PeterHooley12) January 4, 2022
Nothing like a tennis Hawkeye meme to sum things up.
Novak Djokovic’s past 24 hours explained by Hawk-Eye. pic.twitter.com/UaTIlB13fb
— Ryan Fitzgerald (@FitzySA) January 6, 2022
Don’t be too surprised if a Novak Djokovic series comes out on Netflix in the near future or they might just do an episode on Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.
they should just do an episode on him pic.twitter.com/aakiGqMCbr
— millie (@milliewatchesf1) January 5, 2022
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