Article 688KN Novak Djokovic admits father scrutiny overshadowed semi-final victory

Novak Djokovic admits father scrutiny overshadowed semi-final victory

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Novak Djokovic has admitted that the scrutiny around his father, Srdjan Djokovic, at the Australian Open affected him in the build up to his semi-final victory over Tommy Paul.

Srdjan Djokovic had been filmed after Djokovic's quarter-final taking a photograph with a spectator who wore a Z" symbol T-shirt and held a Russian flag containing a photo of Vladimir Putin's face. It has got to me, of course," said Djokovic. I was not aware of it till last night. Then, of course, I was not pleased to see that.

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