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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNovak Djokovic's parents seem like lovely people.
Novak Djokovic's parents join protest in Serbia as Australian visa hearing looms
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Novak Djokovic's parents joined a protest rally Sunday in downtown Belgrade with their son still in an Australian immigration detention hotel as fans of Djokovic in Serbia nervously awaited a crucial court hearing that could decide whether he can play at the Australian Open.
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"Today is a big day. Today, the whole world will hear the truth," Djokovic's mother, Dijana Djokovic, told the crowd in downtown Belgrade.
"We hope that Novak will come out as a free man. We send great love to Novak. We believe in him, but also in the independent judiciary in Melbourne," she said.
Djokovic's father, Srdjan Djokovic, said, "This is happening because we are only a small part of the world, but we are proud people.
"They can't break us. Novak is the personification of freedom, everything human that one man contains in himself. Shame on them!"
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https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/33027408/novak-djokovic-parents-join-protest-serbia-australian-visa-hearing-looms
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Novak Djokovic's parents seem like lovely people. (Original Post)
Bleacher Creature
Jan 2022
OP
The tournament starts next week, so there's nowhere near enough time to get fully vaccinated. NT
Bleacher Creature
Jan 2022
#10
underpants
(182,826 posts)1. I'd guess that a lot of tennis parents rely on their investment I mean kid
to pay off all those years of travel and coaching.
I dont remember her name but there was a female player whos father actually sold shares of her. Investors got part of her winnings. When she turned 18 she completely disassociated from her father and voided all the commitments hed made. It was on him to resolve things with her former owners.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)3. Mary Pierce.
She - and everyone - had huge issues with her father.
underpants
(182,826 posts)4. Thank you.
My brother told me about it. Horrible.
mitch96
(13,907 posts)2. He seems to come from the little box called "entitled jock"..YMMV nt
Bev54
(10,053 posts)5. I hope he comes out free as a bird to fly home, in the bathroom of
the airliner. Lock him in there.
zuul
(14,624 posts)6. They raised NoVaxx DjoCovid to be an asshole.
They succeeded
That is all
Moebym
(989 posts)7. Proud people indeed
Protesting for their freedom to walk around unvaccinated and unmasked and to infect innocent people with impunity.
Shame on them!
roody
(10,849 posts)8. Won't Australia give him a vaccination?
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)10. The tournament starts next week, so there's nowhere near enough time to get fully vaccinated. NT
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)9. The idiot is free to leave anytime he pleases.
Hes choosing to stay to continue his tantrum.