French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera has criticized Novak Djoković's political message at the French Open as "inappropriate" The 22-time Grand Slam tournament winner had after the first-round win against the American Aleksandar Kovacevic: "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence!« The background to Djokovic's action is the recent unrest in the Serb-dominated north of Kosovo.
Militant Serbs had protested against the installation of new mayors in Zvečan.