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Ukraine's ambassador to Australia on Friday urged tennis officials to ban Novak Djokovic's father from the Australian Open after he was filmed posing with fans holding Russian flags. | Sport24news

Myroshnychenko also called on Djokovic, who is preparing to face Tommy Paul in the semi-finals of the tournament, to personally apologise and to clarify his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Another man was photographed by AFP inside the stadium during Djokovic's match with a T-shirt bearing the Russian pro-war"Z" symbol. "The last Open was all about Djokovic," he said."Now it's all about Russian flags and Djokovic as well."Myroshnychenko was instrumental in persuading Australian Open organisers to ban Russian and Belarusian flags from this year's Grand Slam.

"This is about honour and dignity now. This is an attack on honour and dignity. This has got nothing to do with the war," he said in a video message.

 

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Sport24news Your enemies are not our enemies .

Sport24news Drama queens. So it’s a crime to take pic with a Russian no 😂😂😂

Sport24news Is all Russian now evil ? How crazy is that. Look to the USA for the country with the most blood on its hands. The USA has made war business and is using Ukrainians and shortly Poles there dispensable mercenaries.

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