Djokovic receives warm welcome on return to Australia with doubles loss in Adelaide

Novak Djokovic was warmly welcomed by the Adeladie crowd upon his first entrance of a tennis court inhte country since last year.

The Serbian wasn't warmly welcomed last year as he was ultimately deported from the country over the vaccine issues. Public polling showed that he wasn't the most popular figure in the country during that time as his reluctance to get vaccinated did not sit well with a country that had some of the longest lockdowns in the whole world.

It seems like that has passed as he was warmly welcomed by fans upon his return to the courts in Adelaide. The crowd cheered him on but ultimately his doubles match with Pospisil didn't go as planned as they were beaten by Brkic and Escobar. Still, it showed Djokovic that he would be welcomed by fans after he publicly wondered during an interview how he would be received.