AFP video images on Friday evening showed a woman who
appeared to be Voracova peering out of the window of a Melbourne immigration
detention facility.
The detention centre, the former Park Hotel which holds 32
refugees and asylum seekers, is also believed to be the temporary home of
tennis world number one Novak Djokovic, whose visa was cancelled this week.
"Renata Voracova is in the same detention as
Djokovic," the Czech foreign ministry told AFP in an email.
The ministry said it was protesting against the detention
but it added that Voracova, the world number 81, had agreed to leave Australia
and not take part in the Open "as her training options are limited".
The 38-year-old Czech, a doubles specialist, was detained by
the Australian Border Force, said reports by national broadcaster ABC, The Age
newspaper and the Sydney Morning Herald, all quoting a government source.
She was reportedly told she would have to leave the country
soon. But it was not known if she would mount a legal challenge, as Djokovic
has done, the reports said.
Voracova was believed to have entered Australia in December
claiming an exemption to Covid-19 vaccination because she had recently been
infected with the virus, the newspapers said.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said earlier Friday that
two other people in addition to Djokovic -- reportedly one player and one staff
member -- were also under investigation for visa issues.
On Friday evening, the Australian Border Force confirmed in
a statement that the visa of a person connected to the Australian Open had been
cancelled, without providing a name.
"This person has been taken into immigration detention
pending their removal from Australia," it said.
Another person, also not identified, had "voluntarily
departed Australia" following the Australian Border Force inquiries, it
said.
The Australian government said Friday that a recent
infection with the Covid-19 virus does not mean a foreign national can enter
the country without being fully vaccinated. -AFP