The 24-time grand slam champion spent time in quarantine after admitting to making a false statement on a travel document in 2022

Novak Djokovic has claimed that he was “poisoned” during his time in quarantine in Australia in January 2022.

The 24-time grand slam champion was detained three years ago after admitting to making a false statement on a travel document ahead of the Australian Open.

He was subsequently deported after his visa was cancelled, but spent time in a hotel in Melbourne while a complex legal saga played out.

And on returning to Serbia, Djokovic has suggested that medical testing showed a high level of lead in his body, with the 37-year-old believing that he must have ingested the metal in his food.

“I had some health issues,” Djokovic revealed in an interview with GQ. “And I realized that in that hotel in Melbourne I was fed with some food that poisoned me.

“I had some discoveries when I came back to Serbia. I never told this to anybody publicly, but [it was discovered] that I had a really high level of heavy metal. A very high level of lead and mercury.”

Asked by the magazine if it was from the food, the former World No 1 replied: “That’s the only way.”

“It was like the flu, just a simple flu,” he added. “But when it was days after that a simple flu took me down so much. I had that several times and then I had to do toxicology [tests].”

The tournament in Australia was one of two grand slams that Djokovic missed in 2022, having also been unable to...

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