Novak Djokovic has risked Kosovan rage with a message at the French Open.
The tennis great wrote on a TV camera 'Kosovo is the heart of Serbia! Stop violence.' in response to news in the Balkans. It is currently in a state of high tension with the Serbian army being put on after police and Kosovo's Serb minority have clashed. 10 people have been injured.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but it is still claimed by Serbia, although it is recognised by the International Tennis Federation. Clashes were flared up following a police move to install new ethnic Albanian mayors after April elections got boycotted by Kosovo’s Serbs. Djokovic has posted the highly-charged political slogan to his 12m Instagram followers on Instagram. The world number three said: “As a Serb, it hurts me what is happening in Kosovo, our people have been expelled from the municipalities. I feel the responsibility as a public figure to show support, and I especially feel it as the son of a man who was born in Kosovo, This is the least I could do.
