Novak Djokovic wades into Kosovo-Serbia controversy at French Open as dozens injured in clashes

After his first-round victory at the French Open on Monday, Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic penned the message "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence" on a television camera. The tennis champion's latest foray into controversial geopolitics came amid violence in his divided ancestral homeland that saw more than 30 peacekeepers in a NATO-led mission injured on the same day.

Djokovic previously courted controversy with his decision not to be vaccinated against COVID-19, which saw him barred from multiple championships around the world, and then in January by defending his father, who appeared in videos during the Australian Open celebrating with fans holding Russian national flags during that country's ongoing war on Ukraine.