“Stako, how are you? Are you on the battlefield? I think of you … hoping it will settle down soon. Please let me know what would be the best address to send you help, financial aid as well as any other help,” he wrote Novak Djoković to Serhiy Stachowski.
Djoković understands Stachowski
The Ukrainian tennis player returned to Kiev to fight Russia. Earlier, he informed about the message that Djoković sent to him. Now he has made its content public. – Nole, thank you very much, I am not fighting at the moment, Kyiv is quite quiet – replied Stachowski.
Djoković remembers similar events that are happening to Ukrainians today. As a child, he survived the bombing of Belgrade during the Yugoslav civil war in the 1990s. A few years ago, he even showed the media the shelters in which he and his family were hiding from the air raids.
supports Stachowski, even though many of his compatriots support Russia in this war. – When Putin’s opponents demonstrate in the streets of Russian cities against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a pro-Russian demonstration took place through the streets of Serbian Belgrade. Serbia is the only European country that has not imposed sanctions on Moscow and is balancing between Western aspirations and centuries-old ties with Russia
Djoković and the Serbs
Djoković is close to the Serbian authorities, the country’s president Alexander Vucic supported him in a conflict with the Australian authorities, which banned the tennis player from the Australian Open for not vaccinating against COVID. Despite this, Djoković sided with his friend from the courts.
The behavior of the Serb is completely different than that of the Swiss Roger Federer or the Spaniard Rafael Nadal. – Djoković sent me a support message, we even chatted a bit. I tried to contact Federer and Nadal, but they preferred to keep quiet. I understand them, it’s not their war. We have the support of great personalities, I hope it will survive – said Stachowski earlier in an interview with the Italian daily “La Stampa”.
Ukrainian athletes are fighting
After making sure that his family safely reached Hungary, Stachowski returned to Ukraine to defend his country. “Of course I will fight, that’s the only reason I came back,” the tennis player told Sky News. – I signed up for the Territorial Defense. I have no military experience, but I have private experience with weapons –
The 36-year-old Stachowski played only one game this year. He was eliminated in the first qualifying round of the Australian Open. The Ukrainian was ranked 31st in the world in his career (September 2010). Today he is 233. One of his greatest successes was defeating Roger Federer in the second round of Wimbledon 2013.
Other outstanding athletes also returned to Ukraine, including boxing champion Oeksandr Usyk. The brothers Witalij and Vadimir Klitschko defend Kiev.
Source: Sport
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