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Novak Djokovic will speak again and Australian journalist apologises: "I said it as a joke"

Channel 9 commentator Tony Jones qualified his words and apologised to the Serb's team

Novak Djokovic of Serbia hands a microphone to Jim Courier after his...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia hands a microphone to Jim Courier after his match against Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic.LAPRESSE
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Novak Djokovic did not want to speak yesterday in the Rod Laver Arena because of the offensive comments towards him and Serbian fans by Tony Jones, one of the star commentators of Channel 9. It is the television that has the rights to the Open in Australia.

Djokovic demanded a public apology from Jones in order to speak again at the conclusion of his matches and it has come on Monday through an interview and after all the controversy arising with his words in which he branded Novak a "loser"

Sinner's tremors in his match against Rune

I apologize if Djokovic thinks I have disrespected him

Tony Jones

Jones commented that "my comments the other day were made in jest." The journalist clarified that he ed the 24-time Grand Slam champion's team to apologise after Tennis Australia made him aware of the player's displeasure. Djokovic wanted them to be public and through his media outlet

The broadcaster said that if he went back, he "would not say to kick the Serb out". He was referring to 2022, when Novak was expelled from the country for refusing the coronavirus vaccine. Djokovic's chance to speak again will only come if he overcomes Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. It should be ed that only the winners of the matches are required on the main courts

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