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The round of 16 of the Australian Open started this Sunday. Seeded number seven, Novak Djokovic will have a big test against Jiri Lehecka, one of the men in form at the start of the season. In Melbourne, Djokovic can count on the support of a few Serbian supporters, at the origin of an incredible controversy. Here’s why.
In Australia, theThe old people are resisting. Gaël Monfils (38 years old) and Novak Djokovic (37 years old) qualified for the round of 16 of the first Grand Slam of the season. After his victory over Thomas Machac, the Serb will find another Czech, Jiri Lehecka, winner of the tournament Brisbane a few days ago. HAS Melbourne, Djokovic remains in the race for an eleventh victory. An epic that is of great interest to the Australian media.
-Djokovic was insulted by a journalist
Journalist for the Australian channel 9News Melbourne, Tom Jones was doing a duplex on the tournament site. Behind him, Serbian supporters sang a song in praise of Djokovic : « Welcome to Melbourne Park, where Novak Djokovic fans are in full swing, the chants are absolutely extraordinary “. In an inexplicable way, the journalist parodied this song.“Novak (Djokovic) is overrated, Novak is out of date, Novak, send him out…”he declared on the air. This joke in bad taste caused a controversy, which forced Tom Jones to apologize.
He is forced to apologize
« Unfortunately, my “humor” the other night was interpreted as an attack on Novak. That certainly wasn’t the case. I joked with the Serbian fans throughout the tournament, and it was – or so I thought – a continuation. If you watch our morning show you will get an idea of how we work. At no time did I want to be disrespectful. To Novak, and I apologize – there was certainly no intention to offend him.» he declared.
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