Courtesy: Google/X

Courtesy: Google/X

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has backed Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X, who called out the legacy media in one of his latest posts. After Novak Djokovic got embroiled in a controversy at the Australian Open with a broadcaster named Tony Jones, who called him “overrated” and “has-been,” he took to his official X account to clarify the situation, which led to Elon Musk responding with a dig at the legacy media.

Notably, the storm brewed after Channel Nine’s Tony Jones mocked the Serbian tennis fans supporting Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, by saying, “Novak, he’s overrated. Novak’s a has-been. Novak, kick him out.” It led to the former world number one vowing to get a public apology for disparaging comments from Tony Jones, who did indeed reach out to the player before doing what’s been asked of him.

I apologise if Novak Djokovic felt that I disrespected him: Tony Jones

Tony Jones posted an apology video on social media, in which he said, as per Times of India, “I considered it to be humour, which is consistent with most things I do. Having said that, I was made aware on the Saturday morning from Tennis Australia via the Djokovic camp that the Djokovic camp was not happy at all with those comments. I immediately contacted the Djokovic camp and issued an apology to them. And as I stand here now, I stand by that apology to Novak. I apologise if he felt that I disrespected him.”

Before receiving the public apology from Tony Jones, Novak Djokovic addressed everyone on the social media X platform about the situation, and his post was quoted by Elon Musk, in which he wrote, “It’s way better just to talk to the public directly than go through the negativity filter of legacy media.” In response to the post of the owner of X, Novak Djokovic was in agreement as he quoted it with the word, “Indeed.”

Moreover, in the quarter-final of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic is slated to take on Carlos Alcaraz at the Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday, January 21.