Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko has doubled down in his calls for Novak Djokovic's father to be banned from the Australian Open as he lashed the Serbian for failing to distance himself from his father filmed celebrating with pro-war Russians.
"It was unfortunate that the misinterpretation of what happened... has escalated to such a high level," Djokovic told reporters.
“We clearly see we have the footage. We clearly see what he said and it's out there in the public domain. I don't think there is any benefit of a doubt in this particular situation because he saw the flags, he saw the symbols,” he told the Today Show on Saturday. Srdjan was interpreted as saying “long live the Russians” in a clip from the incident but Djokovic attempted to dispel those reports.
"We know how devastating this is for the family, for the people in any country that is going through the war. That's the first thing I want to say. “This is, again, if there is no answer, clear answer on that, that creates lots of speculation and lots of questions.
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