(VIDEO) 'Listen to the noise': Djokovic receives spine-tingling reception on return to Australian Open after 2022 deportation

There were doubts if he would even make it to the court after injury concerns but Novak Djokovic is back at the Australian Open with a spine-tingling reception to boot.

The winner of nine titles in Melbourne, the Serbian was deported in 2022 in a worldwide saga relating to his choice not to have the COVID-19 vaccination.

But with a new government, the ban as a result was rescinded and he was free to return and made his return to competitive action in Australia.

Full of Djokovic fans but also slightly in the under current of potentially being kicked out for booing Djokovic in a rule implemented by the tournament but still he is back and raring to go.

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