Novak Djokovic's parents seem like lovely people.

[Bleacher Creature]

Novak Djokovic's parents join protest in Serbia as Australian visa hearing looms

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Novak Djokovic's parents joined a protest rally Sunday in downtown Belgrade with their son still in an Australian immigration detention hotel as fans of Djokovic in Serbia nervously awaited a crucial court hearing that could decide whether he can play at the Australian Open.

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"Today is a big day. Today, the whole world will hear the truth," Djokovic's mother, Dijana Djokovic, told the crowd in downtown Belgrade.

"We hope that Novak will come out as a free man. We send great love to Novak. We believe in him, but also in the independent judiciary in Melbourne," she said.

Djokovic's father, Srdjan Djokovic, said, "This is happening because we are only a small part of the world, but we are proud people.

"They can't break us. Novak is the personification of freedom, everything human that one man contains in himself. Shame on them!"

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https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/33027408/novak-djokovic-parents-join-protest-serbia-australian-visa-hearing-looms

[underpants]

1. I'd guess that a lot of tennis parents rely on their investment I mean kid

to pay off all those years of travel and coaching.

I don’t remember her name but there was a female player who’s father actually sold shares of her. Investors got part of her winnings. When she turned 18 she completely disassociated from her father and voided all the commitments he’d made. It was on him to resolve things with her former owners.

[LisaM]

3. Mary Pierce.

She - and everyone - had huge issues with her father.

[underpants]

4. Thank you.

My brother told me about it. Horrible.

[mitch96]

2. He seems to come from the little box called "entitled jock"..YMMV nt

[Bev54]

5. I hope he comes out free as a bird to fly home, in the bathroom of

the airliner. Lock him in there.

[zuul]

6. They raised NoVaxx DjoCovid to be an asshole.

[malaise]

11. THIS

They succeeded

That is all

[Moebym]

7. Proud people indeed

Protesting for their freedom to walk around unvaccinated and unmasked and to infect innocent people with impunity.

Shame on them!

[roody]

8. Won't Australia give him a vaccination?

[Bleacher Creature]

10. The tournament starts next week, so there's nowhere near enough time to get fully vaccinated. NT

[BlackSkimmer]

9. The idiot is free to leave anytime he pleases.

He’s choosing to stay to continue his tantrum.