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Tiley keeps out of Djokovic Open visa

Nine-times champion Novak Djokovic hopes to overturn a visa ban to play at the 2023 Australian Open. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Tournament director Craig Tiley has handballed Novak Djokovic involvement in next year's Australian Open to the federal government with the nine-time champion expected to challenge a visa ban to play.

Tiley says he will not lobby on behalf of the unvaccinated Serbian, who was dramatically deported from Australia on the eve of this year's tournament.

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