Sports broadcaster Eurosport has apologized to Novak Djokovic for a mistake in a tweet on his victory at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
On Sunday, the Olympic gold medal match between the Serbian legend and Carlos Alcaraz lasted over three hours on Court Philippe-Chatrier, with the former winning both sets.
Playing in his sixth Olympics, Djokovic won his first gold medal and has since won every major tennis championship.
After Djokovic’s triumph, Eurosport unintentionally posted a social media celebration on the Serb’s behalf that included an emoji of the Croatian flag next to his name. After receiving criticism from Djokovic supporters and Serbians, Eurosport removed the post.
In a statement, the network apologised for the error: “We deeply regret the mistake that was made when choosing a flag emoticon to post on a social network and sincerely apologise. Once again, we congratulate Novak on a truly historic moment for him and his country.”
Novak Djokovic receives Paris #Olympics apology as TV network ‘deeply regrets’ mistake.#Tennis #Paris2024 #Djokovic https://t.co/QvT514qkq9
— Tennis365 (@tennis365com) August 9, 2024
Novak Djokovic in 2024
LWWWWWWLWW At the moment ranked no.2, Djokovic played his last match on the 4th of August when he defeated world no.3 Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in the final in Paris to win his 99th career title.
Until now, during this year the Serbian achieved a composed 29-7 win-loss record. Novak has won 1 title in Paris. Djokovic was the runner-up in Wimbledon.
Djokovic will play next in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 12th of August.
