Ukraine urges Australian Open to ban Djokovic's father - News24

This has got nothing to do with the war," he said in a video message.

Australia's conservative opposition leader, Peter Dutton, called the behaviour of Djokovic's father "bizarre".

"The Russian onslaught continues and frankly everybody of goodwill should be trying to deter, not encourage President Putin," he told Australia's Nine Network.

Tournament organiser Tennis Australia said Thursday it would continue to work with security to enforce entry rules, without directly addressing the incident with Djokovic's father.

"Players and their teams have been briefed and reminded of the event policy regarding flags and symbols and to avoid any situation that has the potential to disrupt," it said.

"We continue to work closely with event security and law enforcement agencies."

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, Russian and Belarusian players have normally competed under a neutral white flag as independents, as is the case at the Australian Open.