Fans celebrate in front of court as Djokovic wins visa appeal

Novak Djokovic's supporters celebrated outside the courthouse where an Australian judge reinstated the tennis star's visa.

Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly also ordered the government on Monday to release Djokovic from Melbourne hotel quarantine within 30 minutes of his decision. But the immigration minister “will consider whether to exercise a personal power of cancellation.”

That would mean Djokovic could again face deportation and could miss the Australian Open, which starts on Jan. 17. The Australian government canceled 34-year-old Djokovic's visa shortly after he arrived in Melbourne late Wednesday to play in the Australian Open because officials decided he didn’t meet the criteria for an exemption to an entry requirement that all non-citizens be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.