we re at here in serbia. and we re hearing outrage both on a sporting front and on a diplomatic front. so, on the sporting front, a nice little pithy quote from the serbian tennis federation, who said that preventing novak djokovic from playing was unacceptable for the entire sports world on the planet and contradicts the sacred olympic principles, which are well known . i must admit, i ve forgotten which the sacred olympic principles are to which they re referring, but i ll take their word for it. but there s also been a lot of political reaction, now. the leaders of serbia s political. their political leaders, the government, have been quite quiet in the days running up to the ministerial intervention. i think they were hoping that by standing back, they wouldn t do novak djokovic s case any harm. now, though, they ve come out all guns blazing, with the president aleksandar vucic, blazing in particular, asking, why do you mistreat him? why do you harass him as well as his family a
they wouldn t do novak djokovic s case any harm. now, though, they ve come out all guns blazing, with the president aleksandar vucic, blazing in particular, asking, why do you mistreat him? why do you harass him as well as his family and a nation that is free and proud? so this is now being very much cast here in serbia as an attack, not just on one man, but on the entire serbian people. rob maul, reports on tennis for the sun newspaper. hejoins us. welcome. thanks for joining us. it couldn t be more dramatic, could it? he is due in court on monday and his lawyers will be in court in 12 hours time to argue against his detention and deportation. argue against his detention and deportation- argue against his detention and de ortation. ,., ., ., g ., deportation. good morning, joanna. as ou deportation. good morning, joanna. as you say. deportation. good morning, joanna. as you say. 1030 deportation. good morning, joanna. as you say, 1030 uk deportation. good morning, joanna.