At the end of his match against Jiri Lehecka in the round of 16 of the 2025 Australian Open, Novak Djokovic skipped the traditional interview with Jim Courier for Channel 9. The former world No.1 had some problems with the Australian crowd during the challenge against the Czech player, but that was not the reason for his strange choice.
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The 24-time Grand Slam champion later revealed that Tony Jones a well-known Channel 9 journalist had disrespected him and his fans on live television by making fun of him. The Serbian player did not like his statements at all and preferred to avoid talking to Courier, which works for that broadcaster.
Elon Musk defends Djokovic
The current world number 7 has also reiterated his position on his official X profile, also receiving the approval of Elon Musk. The owner of the social network, as well as the richest man in the world and a stressful ally of Donald Trump, sent a very clear message to Nole.
Its way better just to talk to the public directly than go through the negativity filter of legacy media Musk wrote. Indeed, Djokovic replied.
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The former world number 1 had explained what had happened through X: The reason why I chose not to do the interview is that a few days ago, a famous sports journalist from here in Australia, who works for a main broadcaster of the Australian Open Channel 9 decided to mock Serbian fans, and he made insulting and offensive comments towards me.
So I was hoping he was going to apologize in public, which he hasnt done yet, and neither did Channel 9, so thats the only reason why I didnt do the interview.
After this little controversy, the Serbian ace will focus on his next match against Carlitos Alcaraz.
Their clash is one of the most anticipated of the entire tournament and will determine the favorite in the lower part of the draw.
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Djokovic will start as an underdog against an opponent much younger than him, but he will give his all to prove to the world that age is just a number.
