Djokovic's father: "Nole is the Spartacus of the new world"

• Rafa Nadal "He has made his own decisions"

The retention of

at the Park Hotel, a state quarantine facility in Melbourne, has sparked a furious wave of protests in Serbia. At a press conference held in Belgrade,

described his son as "Spartacus of the new world" and assured that he is a "prisoner" of the Australian authorities, who do not allow him to enter the country for not being vaccinated against Covid. Meanwhile, Serbian President

believes that the 20-

champion is the victim of "political persecution" by Australian Prime Minister

.

The Morrison government prevented the entry of Djokovic, a nine-time Australian Open winner, on Wednesday by not having the visa in order and "not complying" with the medical exemption for which he had been authorized a day before to play the first Grand Slam of the season. This situation has exacerbated the spirits in Serbia, where the patriarch of the Djokovic family starred in an inflammatory appearance before the media.

"Novak and his team presented the same documents as 25 other tennis players (who received exemptions) and they had no problem, just Novak," Srdjan stressed into the Sky News microphones. "They wanted to humiliate him. They could have said 'don't come, Novak', and that would have been fine. But no, they wanted to humiliate him and they still keep him in prison," he added. In this sense, he reiterated that his son "is not detained, but in prison." "They took all his things, including his wallet, they left him only with his phone and without changing his clothes, with nowhere to wash his face," he said.

"Novak did not violate any law, just as seven billion people did not violate any law. They want to submit us and that we are all on our knees," developed Srdjan, accompanied on the spot by his wife

and by

, the nine-time younger brother. winner at Melbourne Park.

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