Novak Djokovic’s parents compared their son to Jesus Christ: “He is being crucified”

At the time that Novak djokovic received the good news that he could compete in the Australian Open, He never imagined the scandal that he would finally star in once he stepped on the territory of the oceanic country. Since his arrival on Wednesday, the authorities withheld the visa of the three-time champion of the first Grand Slam of the season and So far, he is being held in a refugee hotel where his family denounced that he receives unhealthy treatment.. In defense of the athlete, his father, mother and brother Djordje staged a press conference from Serbia to place the tennis player in the role of victim and carry out a fiery defense.

The focus of the microphones stayed with the words that he shot Srdjan djokovic, the father, who tried to turn his son into a kind of martyr and even compared him to religious personalities. “They have Novak captive. Novak is Serbia, and they are trampling on both Novak and Serbia. They wanted to underestimate him, humiliate him. We are Serbs, a proud people, we never attack anyone, we just defend ourselves. That is what our Serb, Novak, is doing now with his behavior towards the hosts, the organizers. Novak is a light at the end of the tunnel. That political oligarchy is not going to turn that off, I have no words to call those politicians, because this has nothing to do with sport. He fulfilled all the necessary conditions to enter and win another of his famous Australia Open ”, he expressed himself with his libertarian speech from the Novak restaurant in Belgrade, according to the local newspaper. Telegraf.

In that speech full of fury, he made a metaphor charged with controversy: “Novak shows that he is part of this liberal world. Jesus was crucified on the cross, and everything was done for him, but he is alive among us even now. Now Novak is being crucified, they are doing everything to him. But he will endure, as we have endured. We were there 150 years ago, they bombed us, they oppressed us, they destroyed us ”.

Djokovic is staying in a refugee hotel and is expected to remain there until Monday, when the authorities make a final determination on his situation following an appeal by his lawyers.

The father assured that they did not cause problems to “other 26 tennis players” who entered Australia and gave details of the accommodation of the 1 of the world in the ATP ranking: “He is still being held in prison. They took all his things from him, they left him only his mobile phone, he has nothing to wear, change clothes and wash. Novak is a prisoner of those bastards and it’s their fault. Everybody libertarian stand up, this isn’t just a Novak fight. They put him in unsanitary rooms. “

His brother Djordje, who reached 559th on the doubles circuit in 2016, explained the entire process he went through Nole after landing at Melbourne airport: “Novak did not violate any rules, he was in communication with the Australian authorities all the time, all protocols were respected, until he reached the border, where the harassment began, which can be called a serious diplomatic violation. He was then taken to an isolation room, where he was questioned by the border police. Novak communicated with his family and team members during the first 45 minutes, when communication was abruptly cut off because his phone was confiscated for three and a half hours.. After that, they gave him his phone back, but then they took him to another room, which is the airport detention.

The family assured that there is no mistake with their documents and Djordje is showed furious about the refugee hotel where they lodged his brother: “After leaving the airport, he went through a metal detector, where they took all his things, wallet, suitcases … He went to a hotel for migrants, to a dirty room, without any of his belongings. The lawyers are working to help Novak, move to suitable accommodation and obtain freedom.

The mother also referred to the conditions of her accommodation: “It is terrible. It is just a small hotel for immigrants, if it is a hotel, with some bugs, it is very dirty and the food is terrible, so what can I say. They don’t want to give him any opportunity to move to a better hotel or to the house he has already rented. “

With lighted claims of tone and harangues charged with controversy in the midst of a sensitive worldwide debate about the importance of vaccination against the coronavirus, the tennis player’s father ended the conference with a message to the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison. “You, the famous prime minister of that famous distant natural country, are behaving according to your principles, which have nothing to do with us and our principles. We are human and you, sir, are not. “

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