Novak Djokovic’s mother says her son is ‘treated like a prisoner’ in a ‘dirty hotel with bugs’

Novak Djokovic’s mother claims her son is being treated ‘like a prisoner’ inside his detention hotel in Melbourne and has complained that the facility is ‘dirty’ and has ‘bugs’.

The 34-year-old is currently being held at the Park Hotel in Carlton, Melbourne, after his visa was rejected on Wednesday.

The Australian Border Force claims Djokovic ‘failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements’, and the Serb now faces the prospect of being deported.

Djokovic’s court hearing has been adjourned until 10am Monday local time, but he has been ordered to remain at the hotel until a final decision is made.

‘I spoke with him a couple of hours ago, he was good, we didn’t speak a lot but we spoke for a few minutes. He was trying to sleep, but he couldn’t,’ Dijana Djokovic said at a press conference in Belgrade on Thursday.

‘As a mother, what can I say, you can just imagine how I feel, I feel terrible since yesterday, the last 24 hours.

‘They are keeping him like a prisoner, it’s just not fair, it’s not human. I hope he will stay strong as we are also trying, to give him some energy to keep going. I hope he will win.’

‘His accommodation [is] terrible. It’s just some small, immigration hotel, if it is a hotel at all. With bugs, it’s all dirty, the food is terrible.

‘They don’t want to give him a chance to move to a better hotel or a rented house.’

Meanwhile, Djokovic’s younger brother, Djordje, claims the world No.1 had his possessions confiscated by Australian authorities and was not allowed to communicate with his family whilst he was questioned on Wednesday.

‘Novak did not violate any protocols, he had documentation as well as other…