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Novak Djokovic receives on-air apology from Australian TV presenter over remarks
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Tony Jones, a sports presenter for Channel Nine, made comments on air that were perceived as insulting and mocking towards Novak Djokovic, a 37-year-old tennis great, and a large group of Serbian supporters. In response, Djokovic declined to participate in the customary on-court interview following his straight-sets victory over Jiri Lehecka at the Australian Open. Jones later apologized for his comments, both on air and in a personal apology to Djokovic, stating that he had already sent the apology on Saturday.
His comments are offensive, racist and only serve to incite further discrimination of Australian Serbs.
Novak, he's overrated ... Novak's a has-been. Novak, kick him out.
The comments were made during the news on Friday night, and I intended them as banter—humour in line with what I usually do. However, I was informed by Tennis Australia via Djokovic's camp on Saturday morning that they were deeply unhappy with those remarks.
It's an unfortunate situation, and I regret the misunderstanding.
I issued an apology to Novak 48 hours ago for any disrespect he felt I caused. Today, I want to publicly reiterate that apology.
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- 1.Novak Djokovic
- 2.Tony Jones
- 3.Jiri Lehecka
- 4.Jim Courier
- 5.Victoria Azarenka
- 6.Anthony Albanese
- 7.Boris Becker
- 8.Carlos Alcaraz
- 9.Danielle Collins
- 10.Darren Cahill
- 11.Destanee Aiava
- 12.Elon Musk
