"Part of the confusion appears to have arisen over the fact that the medical exemption for skipping state-based quarantine when players arrived in Australia was completely separate to the federal process for approving entry to Australia for visa purposes.

In other words, while tennis players may have secured a medical exemption from quarantining even if they were not vaccinated on the basis of an infection in the past six months, this did not automatically ensure they were cleared to enter Australia."

"But while these state exemptions were granted to skip quarantine, they provided no guarantees for unvaccinated players to enter Australia on a valid visa."

The letter from the department of home affairs confirmed that he'd be able to skip quarantine, assuming he met other necessary requirements to enter Australia.