Nadal, De Minaur and Kvitova among those to welcome Djokovic back to Australia ahead of United Cup: "Good for tennis, good for probably the fans"

Novak Djokovic touched down in Australia yesterday and it was an emotional moment for the Serbian who was deporter from the country last year.

His return was something he was hoping for as he tries to create history by becoming the first player to win the Australian Open ten times. Some of his fellow colleagues reacted to that and welcomed him back into the country that saw some of his most iconic moments happen. Rafael Nadal was one of them as he said:

"Novak is here. Good for tennis. Good for probably the fans. Let's see, no? Best players on court always win."

Australia's Alex de Minaur also aplauded Djokovic being back:

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"Yeah, it's great to have him back. Obviously as any athlete, you want to be competing against the best in the world. It's good to have him back. Ultimately as an athlete you don't want to be winning matches when the best in the world aren't playing. So it's great to have the competition back, great to see him back. I think Australia will be happy to see him back."

Kvitova also commented on the occasion:

"Well, I didn't see him yet, but... I think it was a big issue last year, of course. We probably don't know the inside of all the things was happening last year. But definitely I think that it's great that he is back here playing, because of the great player he is. I think it's a great for tennis that he is back in the big competitions. Yeah, I think it's always great to have the best, so yeah."

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