VIDEO: Punishment is demanded for Novak Djokovic's father, to keep politics out of sports
The famous tennis journalist, Carol Bouchard, demanded a strict sanction for Srdjan Djokovic, Novak Djokovic's father, of whom photos appeared in Melbourne in the company of fans with symbols of Russia and Putin.
After the match of the Serbian tennis player against the Russian Andrej Rublyov, a group of fans with Russian flags and the letter "Z" worn by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, took photos with Srdjan Djokovic.
The photos next to the fan with the image of Vladimir Putin on the flag, while the fan had the letter "Z" on the shirt, caused a lot of criticism.
— Boy from the region (@Virim_iz_coska) January 26, 2023
Australian Tennis Association warned fans and people from the players' box that such scenes can disrupt and complicate the organization of the tournament "Australian Open".
Absolutely disgusting 🤮
Politics should be kept out of sports, they said. These people have absolutely no business in being on tennis tournaments, including @DjokerNole father, if they openly praise a genocidal regime👎🏻Z🇷🇺❌@atptour @AustralianOpen https://t.co/qq44uO7qFO— Alex Dolgopolov (@TheDolgo) January 26, 2023
Sorry but they shouldn't warn Srdjan Djokovic after that. They should remove his credentials. This is outrageous. https://t.co/LhLkMWlsGo
- Carole Bouchard 💜💛 (@carole_bouchard) January 26, 2023
- Sorry, but they really shouldn't have warned Srdjan Djokovic after this. They should take away his accreditation, this is outrageous - Bouchard wrote on Twitter.
The famous one announced himself Ukrainian tennis player Alexander Dolgopolov who says that such scenes are absolutely disgusting.
- They said that politics should be kept out of sports. These people absolutely should not be at tennis tournaments, including Novak Djokovic's father, if they openly support a genocidal regime - announced Dolgopolov.
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