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Novak Djokovic's hesitancy to get vaccinated is well known - but it can also now be revealed the tennis superstar reportedly purchased a majority stake in a Danish biotech company looking to develop a treatment against Covid-19 in June last year.
International news organisation Reuters reports the world number one holds an 80 per cent stake in QuantBioRes, who are currently developing a peptide which prevents the virus from infecting human cells.
Djokovic, 34, is said to own 40.8 per cent of the company - while his wife Jelena owns 39.2 per cent.
Serbian star Djokovic's refusal to get jabbed saw him deported from Australia on Sunday - a day out from play at Melbourne Park commencing - after the Federal Court upheld Immigration Minister Alex Hawke's decision to cancel his visa.
The minister argued Djokovic risked 'inciting anti-vaccination sentiment' if he competed in the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic's hesitancy to get vaccinated is well known - but it can now be revealed the tennis superstar reportedly purchased a majority stake in a Danish biotech company looking to develop a treatment against Covid-19 in June last year (pictured, with wife Jelena)
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka (pictured) would like to see a 'no jab, no play' policy enforced on the professional circuit
Spanish star Rafael Nadal backed Azarenka's claims, declaring he will always support safer health measures
Djokovic originally flew into Australia on January 5, armed with a medical exemption to play in Melbourne - but it was rejected by border force officials at the airport and later the Immigration Minister.
It comes as two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka said she would like to see a 'no jab, no play' policy enforced on the professional circuit.
Speaking on Wednesday following her emphatic win over Switzerland's Jil Teichmann, the former world No. 1 backed talk of a vaccine mandate.
'I believe in science. I believe in getting vaccinated. That is what I did for myself. I don't want to push my beliefs onto everybody else however, we are playing a global sport that are travelling around the world,' Azarenka said.
'As an entity, as an association of WTA, that is travelling globally, we still have to respect countries, different countries, different mandates, different legalities of the country.
'I won't necessarily say that getting vaccinated, then nobody will be sick, but I think it is a step to hopefully battle against this coronavirus, hopefully bring it down globally.'
Azarenka went onto state
