Djokovic offered Stakhovsky to help Ukraine financially

“Thank you for your support, Novak. Ukraine is grateful.” It is with this message that Sergiy Stakhovsky revealed on his Instagram account on Sunday some of his recent exchanges with Novak Djokovic. Still the 233rd player in the world although retired from the courts since the Australian Open, the Ukrainian has decided to join his country’s reserve army to resist the Russian invasion, leaving his wife and children behind in safety in Hungary. . A commitment that commands respect as much as it worries his colleagues, including the former Serbian world number 1.

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The latter has therefore heard from Stakhovsky in recent days, before offering to support his cause. “Stako, how are you? Are you in the field? Please let me know the best address to send help to. …”, proposed Djokovic who himself experienced the horror of the war in Serbia in his youth.

Stakhovsky obviously welcomed the generous gesture of his ex-colleague. A few days ago, he had already revealed that Djokovic was the only member of the “Big 3” to have exchanged with him, underlining the silence of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on the war. He had nevertheless specified “to understand” the Swiss and the Spaniard because it was not “their war”.

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