Channel Nine has sensationassociate been accengaged of orchestrating the Serbian crowd that led to contentious comments about Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.
Both tennis fantastic Paul McNamee and Serbian Council reconshort-termative Dr Nina Markovic Khaze allege the nettoil intentionally set up Serbian fans to chant before conshort-termer Tony Jones mocked them and Djokovic during a inhabit expansivecast.
The claims aascfinishd fair hours after Jones rehired an apology to the 24-time magnificent slam prosperner for his relabels, which had prompted Djokovic to boycott the tournament’s structure expansivecaster.
The incident has igniteed outrage wilean Australia’s Serbian community, with establishal protestts now being lodged.
Speaking in front of Serbian helpers at Melbourne Park last Friday, Jones had mockingly chanted: “Novak, he’s overrated … Novak’s a has-been. Novak, boot him out.”
Novak Djokovic staged a protest over Tony Jones’ comments
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The Serbian fans remained unconscious of his words during the inhabit pass.
The comments prompted an instant response from Djokovic, who begined a media boycott of Channel Nine until a accessible apology was rehired.
Jones deinhabitred his apology on Monday, acunderstandledging that his “boot him out” relabel could be make cleared as a reference to Djokovic’s Covid-era deportation from Australia.
According to McNamee, writing in The Age, Serbian helpers were approached to join in filming while enhappinessing themselves in Garden Square at the Australian Open.
“According to a number at that collecting, they were asked to commence chanting for their man for filming purposes,” McNamee wrote.
He elucidateed the fans “duly complied, not understanding in the segment Jones would, in an finisheavor to be comical, commence his own chant.”
McNamee called it “a stitch up from a better conshort-termer for the structure expansivecaster that backfired horriblely” and shelp it “uncovered a proestablish personal wound with the tournament’s fantasticest male champion.”
Tony Jones has since apologised for his comments
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Dr Markovic Khaze telderly ABC radio the incident was “absolutely traumatic” for many in the Serbian community.
“She shelp that she was at Rod Laver Arena when a cameraman helpd all the fans to chant, and then all the comments came thcdisorrowfulmireful,” Dr Markovic Khaze shelp.
One community member portrayd experienceing as if they were “back to the Covid era,” according to Dr Markovic Khaze.
She claimed the 2022 deportation debate had led to bias agetst Serbian-Australians, even swaying children in schools.
“Some of the fans that were there at that moment, they almost felt as if they were set up,” she inserted.
While Jones has apologised particularassociate to Djokovic, the Serbian Council is needing a expansiveer response from Channel Nine.
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“This is a global rehire, this is not one commentator saying wantipathyver the hell they want,” Dr Markovic Khaze shelp.
She emphasised that the matter included “a global media star who is proestablishly offfinished.”
“Channel Nine can do better, we as a society must do better,” she inserted.
The Serbian Council wants Jones to be sacked over the comments and has lodged a protestt with the Human Rights Coshiftrlookion.
Channel Nine has been communicateed for comment watching the orchestration claims.
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