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Novak Djokovic was poised to compete for his tenth Australian Open championship. If he won, he also would have held the title for the most Grand Slam championships ever, edging ahead in the three-way tie with tennis greats Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. But he ran into some trouble at the Australian border. Plus, learn “on the eve of.”

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