A bombshell video has emerged of the father of tennis star Novak Djokovic, amplifying the Russian controversy the Australian Open
Djokovic’s father was seen posing for pictures with a group of Putin supporters after his son won against Russia’s Andrey Rublev, to qualify for his 10th semi-final.
Russian flags have been banned from the Australian Open, but that didn’t stop one fan.
A man was seen holding a Russian flag with Putin’s face on it and wearing a t-shirt with the pro-war ‘Z’ symbol on it.
Four spectators were questioned by police and evicted from Melbourne Park.
After losing her semi-final, Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka hit back at media when pressed on tennis’ relationship with Russia’s war on Ukraine.
She told reporters incidents like Novak’s father posing with Russian fans have nothing to do with players.
