{"id":54331,"date":"2023-05-31T11:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=54331"},"modified":"2023-05-31T11:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:23:26","slug":"serbian-tennis-player-draws-criticism-for-kosovo-comments-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbian-tennis-player-draws-criticism-for-kosovo-comments-at-french-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbian tennis player draws criticism for Kosovo comments at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has drawn criticism from Kosovo\u2019s tennis federation as well as the French Sports Minister after offering his thoughts on the clashes in northern Kosovo between ethnic Serbs and police and NATO peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old who has won 22 Grand Slam titles wrote in Serbian on the lens of a courtside TV camera \u201cKosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence\u201d after a first-round victory in Paris on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Serbian, Djokovic said that he thought what he wrote on the TV camera was \u201cthe least I could do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel responsibility as a public figure\u2026 as well as a son of a man who was born in Kosovo,\u201d Djokovic said.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo\u2019s tennis federation said that Djokovic\u2019s comments were \u201cdeplorable\u201d and stoking tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>French Sports Minister Am\u00e9lie Oud\u00e9a-Cast\u00e9ra said Wednesday that Djokovic\u2019s political message about Kosovo was \u201cnot appropriate\u201d and warned the former top-ranked Serb player that he should not do it again.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on TV station France 2, Oud\u00e9a-Cast\u00e9ra said French Open director Amelie Mauresmo spoke with Djokovic and his entourage to insist on the principle of \u201cneutrality\u201d on the field of play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to defending human rights and bringing people together around universal values, a sportsperson is free to do so,\u201d she said, but added that Djokovic\u2019s message was \u201cmilitant, very political, and must not be repeated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>French Open organizers indicated in a statement issued Tuesday that no rules had been broken, without mentioning Djokovic by name, saying: \u201cOccasionally, discussions about international news events enter the realm of the tournament, which is understandable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has drawn criticism from Kosovo\u2019s tennis federation as well as the French Sports Minister after offering his thoughts on the clashes in northern Kosovo between ethnic Serbs and police and NATO peacekeepers. 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