Novak Djokovic's father compares son to Jesus

“Jesus was crucified, everything was done to him, and he endured it and still lives among us,” Srdjan Djokovic said at a news conference in Belgrade on Thursday. “Now they are trying to crucify Novak in the same way and do everything to him.” Djokovic, who was probably unvaccinated, traveled to Australia with a controversial medical exemption to take part in the Australian Open in Melbourne. However, the Australian border protection authority refused to allow him to enter the country . According to the authority, the athlete did not provide appropriate evidence to fulfill the entry requirements. He was taken to a hotel for those forced to leave the country . In addition to the father, other family members took part in the press conference in Belgrade. It took place in the “Novak 1” restaurant, which belongs to the tennis player. In his dramatic remarks, Srdjan Djokovic stylized his son as a “freedom fighter”. In “prison” in Australia “Novak is Serbia, and Serbia is Novak,” he explained. “He will fight like us, and like us Serbs together with the whole Balkans.” Djokovic is “the light at the end of the tunnel” for the “world of freedom”. This is not formed by the West, but by “seven billion people” who live in Eastern Europe, Russia, China, Latin America and Africa. In Australia, Djokovic is “in prison,” said the senior. Everything was taken from him except his cell phone and he couldn't change his clothes or wash. He is not only fighting for himself and Serbia, but is also leading “the fight of seven billion people in the world for freedom of speech and expression.”

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Novak Djokovic's father compares son to Jesus

The father of tennis star Novak Djokovic, who was prevented from entering Australia, has compared his son to Jesus Christ.

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