Athletistic/Tennis. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has commented on the scandalous situation in which his father Srdjan Djokovic found himself. After Novak Djokovic’s victory in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, Srjan was photographed with the fans with the Russian flag and a portrait of Putin.

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Following the incident, the Australian Tennis Federation issued a warning to Srdjan Djokovic and the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia requested that he be banned from attending the remaining Australian TBS matches. Srdjan Djokovic has decided to miss his son’s match against Tommy Paul in the semi-finals. Moreover, he will not be in the final against Stefanos Tsitsipas.

“Unfortunately, this situation was misinterpreted and it affected me too. I didn’t know anything about this until last night. My dad, my whole family and I went through several wars in the 90s. Like my dad said it, we will never support violence my dad used to meet my fans in the main square here in australia after every game to thank them for their support, pay their respects and take a picture. fans from Serbia around him. He thought he was taking pictures with Serbs. This group of people abused him in this situation,” Djokovic told the Daily Mail.

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