Novak Djokovic stated he was happy to have his parents in Australia on the occasion of the first slam of the year. Unfortunately, his father, Srdjan, stole the show once again for the wrong reason after posing with pro-Russia fans at the Australian Open after his son reached the semi-finals.
Novak Djokovic was extremely kind to Sergiy Stakhovsky, a professional tennis player from Ukraine, when he learned that he was fighting for his country against the Russian invasion. However, from a recent video posted on YouTube, it seems that Novak’s father is supporting Russia. Alex Dolgopolov, also a former professional tennis player from Ukraine, was livid about that and published the following post.
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
Djokovic at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWWLWLWWW At the moment ranked no.5, Novak has achieved a 10-0 record in 2023. Djokovic is playing at the Australian Open where he ousted the world no.75 Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-4 6-0, the world no.191 Enzo Couacaud 6-1 6-75 6-2 6-0, the world no.28 Grigor Dimitrov 7-67 6-3 6-4, the world no.24 Alex De Minaur 6-2 6-1 6-2 and the world no.6 Andrey Rublev 6-1 6-2 6-4.
Novak Djokovic will compete against the world no.35 Tommy Paul in the semifinal on Friday at 7:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in top events.
The Serbian conquered 1 title in 2023 in Adelaide.
Djokovic won 92 titles in his career: 49 on hard courts, 18 on clay courts, 17 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
