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Retired Ukrainian tennis star Alexandr Dolgopolov has called for Novak Djokovic's father Srdjan to be banned from the Australian Open.

It comes as Djokovic snr was filmed at Melbourne Park next to a group of men who were booted from the venue on Wednesday night after flying a Russian flag courtside featuring the face of President Vladimir Putin.

Retired Ukrainian tennis star Alexandr Dolgopolov has called for Novak Djokovic's father Srdjan to be banned from the Australian Open

Retired Ukrainian tennis star Alexandr Dolgopolov has called for Novak Djokovic's father Srdjan to be banned from the Australian Open

In a YouTube "video posted not long after his son - number four seed Djokovic - beat Russian Andrey Rublev in his quarter-final, Djokovic Snr reportedly states 'zivjeli Russiyani', which translates to 'long live Russia.'

One of the men in the clip was wearing a t-shirt featuring the Z symbol, an emblem of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Dolgopolov, 34, labelled the pro-Putin video 'Absolutely disgusting' - and then singled out Srdjan Djokovic.

'Politics should be kept out of sports they said,' former world no.13 Dolgopolov tweeted.

It comes as Djokovic snr was filmed at Melbourne Park (circled) next to a group of men who were booted from the venue on Wednesday night after flying a Russian flag featuring the face of President Vladimir Putin

It comes as Djokovic snr was filmed at Melbourne Park (circled) next to a group of men who were booted from the venue on Wednesday night after flying a Russian flag featuring the face of President Vladimir Putin

Dolgopolov, 34, labelled the pro-Putin video 'Absolutely disgusting' - and then singled out Srdjan Djokovic on Twitter

Dolgopolov, 34, labelled the pro-Putin video 'Absolutely disgusting' - and then singled out Srdjan Djokovic on Twitter

'These people have absolutely no business in being on tennis tournaments, including @DjokerNole father, if they openly praise a genocidal regime.'

Dolgopolov, who was last on the professional circuit in 2018, was fighting on the front lines in

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