2024-08-20 04:30:00
Novak Djokovic is now an absolute tennis legend, having won everything there is to win and his biggest dream of Olympic gold came true this year in Paris. However, in 2009 he had just started winning the most important trophies. He has already won the Grand Slam title which he won during the 2008 Australian Open. However, he was still far from the overlord he would become later.
Kosovo continues to spark huge conflicts
One of the scariest stories in the Serbian’s career happened in 2009. His mother Dijana told Serbian media that their entire family had to be under constant protection from Scotland Yard in London. “Novak was threatened by the Albanian mafia, the police were at home all the time! They made Djokovic hell,” we read on mondo.rs. The Albanian mafia is dangerous. The reason the mafia is angry is…Kosovo.
Kosovo has been an independent country since 2008 and is located between Serbia and Albania. The former believe that this is still their territory, even though it is mainly inhabited by Albanians. Conflicts in these areas continue to this day, with provocative behavior from fans occurring during sporting events. This was evident during Euro 2024, for example, with fans in the Balkan country regularly insulting each other, with one Albanian player even issuing offensive chants towards North Macedonia and Serbia.
Djokovic angered Albanian gangs. Scotland Yard must take action
Returning to Djokovic, the Serbian publicly stated shortly after Kosovo declared independence in 2009 that “Kosovo is Serbia and should remain that way.” It was these words that angered Albanians.
– I was scared because we were at home and Scotland Yard was all around us. Later, people wondered why Novak lost to Marat Safin. He lost because he was under pressure, but it wasn’t talked about. Many things were not told at the time, and there was no need for us to talk about them. “The most important thing is that we got through that difficult period without anything happening,” Djokovic said.
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