Is it all over between Novak Djokovic and Serbia? The recent defacement of his mural in Belgrade hints that the Serbian tennis star is not welcomed back in his country till President Aleksandar Vucic stays in power.<\/p>\n
A Novak Djokovic mural has been defaced in his home country, Serbia, after he moved base to Greece with his family recently. The news of the Djokovic Mural being painted black was shared on social media by the artist who painted the mural on a wall in Belgrade.<\/p>\n
Djokovic has been spotted in Athens, Greece recently multiple times recently, along with his family, STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n Djokovic had written on social media in support of the protestors after the collapse of a roof at a railway station killed 16 people in Novi Sad last November. As per reports, Djokovic\u2019s children are now studying at St. Lawrence College, There\u2019s a feeling that the latest act of the 38-year-old\u2019s mural being defaced in Serbia could be linked to his decision to shift base to Greece and may have been done by President Vucic\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n Djokovic mural defaced in Serbia as relationship sours<\/p>\n The news of the mural being destroyed was shared by the artist Andrej Josifovski, who is known as The Pianist. The mural depicted Djokovic making the \u201cPump It Up\u201d gestures that he made at Wimbledon 2025, which many saw as a message of support to the protestors in Serbia.<\/p>\n \u201cImagine that great patriot in an orange jacket and a cap, sneaking around at night, then stopping in front of Novak (YES, NOVAK!) – looking him in the eyes and throwing paint on his face and body,” Josifovski shared on Instagram, while also posting the pictures of the defaced mural.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the fine Serbian youth from the cage who just want to learn how to paint graffiti. We conquered the peak of the bottom long ago, but now we\u2019re heading into the stratosphere.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t worry, my brother @djokernole, retaliation is coming – but without a mask, in broad daylight, the way we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see what happens if the mural is restored, but the defacing clearly hints that the relationship between Serbia and Djokovic is broken beyond repair as long as Vucic remains the President.<\/p>\n Home<\/a>Sports<\/a>Tennis<\/a>Novak Djokovic mural defaced in Serbia as tennis star moves family to Greece, exposing deepening rift with homelandEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is it all over between Novak Djokovic and Serbia? The recent defacement of his mural in Belgrade hints…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[2809,134701,433,134699,134698,134693,134695,134696,134694,134692,134700,134697,99,428],"class_list":["post-246181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-djokovic","tag-djokovic-news","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-novak-djokovic-family-in-greece","tag-novak-djokovic-leaves-serbia","tag-novak-djokovic-mural","tag-novak-djokovic-mural-defaced","tag-novak-djokovic-mural-destroyed","tag-novak-djokovic-mural-serbia","tag-novak-djokovic-news","tag-novak-djokovic-settles-in-athens","tag-novak-djokovic-vs-serbia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nincluding at a Davis Cup match in Greece<\/a>. It has been reported that Serbia\u2019s most popular athlete, Djokovic, decided to leave Serbia for Greece after facing a smear campaign by the national media for extending support to protests against President Aleksandar Vucic and his government.<\/p>\n
\na private independent British school in Athens<\/a>.<\/p>\n