PARIS: Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a political controversy at the French Open on Monday (May 29) after writing a message about Kosovo following his first-round victory. 'Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence,' 22-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic wrote on a camer
PARIS: Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a political controversy at the French Open on Monday after writing a message about Kosovo following his first-round victory.
Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia's president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that 52 Serbs were injured on Monday, three of them seriously, while Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani accused his Serbian counterpart of destabilising Kosovo.
"Kosovo is our cradle, our stronghold, centre of the most important things for our country ... There are many reasons why I wrote that on the camera," RFI radio quoted the 36-year-old Djokovic as saying to Serbian media.
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