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Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton issued impassioned remarks in an interview published Monday in defense of Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai, who the regime disappeared for public life after accused its former Olympics committee head of rape.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage has backed tennis ace Novak Djokovic against “big, bullying, nasty government” in Australia, where the Serbian athlete is currently being detained in a hotel. 

Australian top tennis player Nicholas Kyrgios condemned his government for the “really bad” handling of Serbian champion Novak Djokovic’s visa cancelation on Friday, imploring Canberra to “do better.”

Australian police banned Very Rev. Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Milorad Loncar, a member of the Serbian Orthodox clergy in Melbourne, on Friday from visiting detained tennis star Novak Djokovic, outraging Serbs around the world.

Australia launched an investigation into the visas of other visiting unvaccinated tennis players Friday after the detention pending deportation of superstar Novak Djokovic.

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic sparked a major controversy in Australia when he tried to enter the country to play in the upcoming Australian Open using a medical exemption for coronavirus vaccination. His request was initially granted, but his visa was revoked when he arrived at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne on Wednesday.

The family of tennis champion Novak Djokovic read a statement from the player at a press conference on Thursday in his native Belgrade, Serbia, delivered from captivity in a migrant facility in Australia.

Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is being held in an Australian immigration detention facility after his entry visa was revoked. Canberra indicated Wednesday he will be removed from the country if a legal appeal fails.

Novak Djokovic now finds himself at the center of a diplomatic firestorm as the Australian government keeps him detained.

Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews threatened to use Border Patrol to deport tennis champion Novak Djokovic on Wednesday following outrage from Chinese coronavirus vaccine enthusiasts condemning the presumably unvaccinated Djokovic for receiving an exemption to the country’s mandate.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has finally come out on camera to deny her earlier accusations that a Chinese official raped her.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison affirmed in remarks on Thursday that tennis star Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the world, will have to prove that he has received a Chinese coronavirus vaccine to play in the upcoming Australian Open.

Several renowned tennis players, including women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova, sternly criticized the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s tennis league on Thursday for refusing to join the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in boycotting China over the mistreatment of tennis star Peng Shuai after she accused a top Communist Party official of rape.

Billie Jean King wrote in support of abortion by claiming it is necessary even as her own abortion story seems to prove it is not.

The Women’s Tennis Association does not believe the messages that the Chinese government claims are being written by tennis player Peng Shuai

Srdjan Djokovic, father of world tennis number one Novak Djokovic, said on television Sunday that his son “probably won’t” play in the Australian Open in January due to the implementation of a coronavirus vaccine mandate, which he called “blackmail.”

Missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai appeared in mysterious photos this weekend that included an image of Winnie the Pooh, who has become a symbol of resistance against communist dictator Xi Jinping, Australia’s ABC News reported on Wednesday.

Communist officials shut down CNN’s satellite feed on Chinese television during the cable network’s Monday reporting on missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.

The Chinese Communist Party flooded social media this weekend with images of Peng Shuai, a tennis champion who disappeared after accusing a senior communist of raping her, insisting she was neither missing nor in danger.

Serena Williams, considered by many the greatest female tennis player of all time, joined a growing chorus of some of the tennis world’s most prominent players on Thursday demanding an investigation into the disappearance of Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion Peng Shuai.

Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chairman and CEO Steve Simon on Wednesday expressed deep skepticism about a purported email from missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Simon said he had a “very hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email.”

The state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) published a statement on Tuesday allegedly written by Chinese professional tennis player Peng Shuai — who recently disappeared from the public eye after accusing former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault — in which Peng claims she is “not missing” but simply “resting at home.”

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) on Monday called for a full investigation into the allegations of sexual assault made by Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai against a senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official.

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, a big sports star in China and once the top doubles player in the world, on Tuesday wrote a social media post accusing former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of forcing her to have sex.

“Social anxiety” sufferer Naomi Osaka, who failed to advance past the third round in the Tokyo Olympics for Japan, said, through tears, that she will take a “break for a while” after suffering an upset defeat at the U.S. Open.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova revealed a lack of class with a tweet celebrating the death of a radio host who was a vaccine skeptic.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka wept at her first press conference nearly three months after withdrawing from the French Open and Wimbledon due to mental health concerns.

‘Social anxiety’ sufferer Naomi Osaka, who was playing tennis in the Tokyo Olympics for Japan, failed to advance past the third round in the Games, saying the “pressure” she faced “was a bit much.”

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has once again posed for the cover of a major magazine, this time the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

British Royal Meghan Markle reportedly reached out to Naomi Osaka quietly and behind the scenes to speak about Osaka’s mental health issues.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has put the media she boycotted on notice, saying that she wants more “privacy and empathy” when she returns to the tennis court.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka blasted critics of anthem kneelers and said that mask-wearing in a pandemic is simply the right thing to do.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is refusing to talk to the sports press, but it appears her boycott doesn’t extend to Vogue Japan.

Naomi Osaka, the world’s number two player tennis player and highest-paid female athlete, is being backed by Nike and other corporate sponsors for her decision to withdraw from French Open over a media boycott. 

Tennis star Naomi Osaka announced via Twitter, Monday, she will be withdrawing from the French Open saying, she “never wanted to be a distraction” following day of controversy for not participate in the mandatory media interviews at Roland-Garros.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka was fined $15 thousand for not participating in the mandatory media interviews at Roland-Garros 2021.