“I will always condemn war. I will never support war being myself a child of war. I know how much emotional trauma it leaves. In Serbia we all know what happened in 1999. In the Balkans we have had many wars in recent history. However, I cannot support the decision of Wimbledon, I think it is crazy. When politics interferes with sport, the result is not good,” Djokovic said in Belgrade recently.
Kasparov took to twitter to remind Djokovic of the traumas of war faced by Serbia.
“Russia may play by ranking, but they kill by nationality. Russian athletes who do not condemn Putin’s war of extermination in Ukraine are supporting it with silence. And a Serb failing to do so is especially inappropriate, considering history,” Kasparov, who was ranked world No.1 for a record 255 months overall for his career, tweeted.
Among the top players who will miss out on playing the Wimbledon include Russia’s world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and Belarusian world No.4 women’s player Aryna Sabalenka, among…