Srdjan Djokovic, the father of tennis star Novak, caused controversy this week after he was seen posing with fans carrying banned pro-Russian symbols.
In his statement, Srdjan, who is Serbian, said he had taken photos with fans “as I have done after all of my son’s matches. I had no intention of being caught up in this.“My family has lived through the horror of war, and we wish only for peace,” he added.
“Well, yeah, I saw, as everybody else saw, what happened [Wednesday],” Djokovic said. “It was unfortunate that the misinterpretation of what happened [Wednesday] has escalated to such a high level. There was, I would say, a lot of conversations with tournament director, with media and everyone else. It has got to me, of course, as well. I was not aware of it till last night. Then, of course, I was not pleased to see that.
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