Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has kept the door open for an early return for recently deported tennis star Novak Djokovic. On Jan. 16, the world number one male tennis player left Australia after his visa was cancelled by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke—exercising sweeping discretionary powers that the Federal Court later upheld during an urgent court hearing. Hawke’s move overturned an earlier court decision on Jan. 10 that allowed Djokovic to stay in the country. As a result, the Serbian is effectively banned from re-entering Australia for three years. Morrison told 2GB radio that the world champion could be allowed to return in the right circumstances. “I’m not going to precondition any of that or say anything that would not enable the minister to make the various calls they have to make,” the prime minister said on Jan. 17. “It does go over a three-year period, but there is the …