The Serb wrote a message on digicam after his victory within the first spherical during which one might learn: “Kosovo is the guts of Serbia. Stop the violence” It isn’t the primary time that the tennis participant has completed acts that assist Serbia at the moment , during which the strain within the space grows once more Djokovic has already starred in one other controversy over his refusal to get vaccinated
The Kosovo Tennis Federation introduced on Tuesday that it’s going to formally request that the Serbian participant Novak Djokovic be fined for the message “Kosovo is the guts of Serbia. Stop the violence”, which he wrote on a digicam after his victory over the American Aleksandar Kovacevic within the first spherical of Roland Garros, second ‘Grand Slam’ of the 12 months.
“The ITF is acknowledged by the International Olympic Committee. We need to react. Tomorrow we are going to ship an official request for Djokovic to be charged, for a high-quality to be imposed. We will ask the ITF, the ATP and the French Tennis Federation “, declared Jeton Hadergjonaj, president of the Kosovar federation, to the company PA Media.
Hadergjonaj defined that Djokovic has “some connections” with the Kosovar territory and that it’s “comprehensible” that he would converse out, however declaring that this impacts the battle. “For a public determine like him, at this large occasion, giving this sort of message isn’t actually useful,” he added.
It isn’t the primary time that the tennis participant has completed acts that assist Serbia at the moment, when the strain within the space is rising once more. “A month in the past, at a basketball recreation in Belgrade, all of the individuals within the stadium had been chanting ‘Kosovo is Serbia.’
Djokovic was fast to confess that, regardless of the criticism, he would “do it once more” since he’s “towards” wars and “all types of conflicts”. “Our individuals have been expelled from the municipalities. It’s the least I can do. As a public determine, I really feel the duty to indicate my assist for our individuals and all of Serbia,” the tennis participant stated.
Meanwhile, the French Tennis Federation denied that it’s going to rule as a result of the foundations of the ‘Grand Slams’ don’t prohibit political statements by gamers. Thus, Djokovic will calmly face his duel this Wednesday, towards the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, within the second spherical.
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