Organisers should support players not shaking hands - Djokovic - video Dailymotion

The Serbian wants players to be protected against being booed if they decide not to shake hands

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00:00 Yeah, I followed what was happening and I think that it's fair to say that in order

00:10 to protect players it would be best if there is an announcement.

00:14 So I think that a lot of the uncomfortable situations could be prevented.

00:21 It's a very sensitive topic, it's a very sensitive thing for both sides and I understand.

00:29 And yeah, I guess in these kind of circumstances the respective tour managers should probably

00:40 communicate better with players and understand that there might be a situation or circumstances

00:46 where players would not shake hands and then they should try to do something about it to

00:51 protect players.

00:53 But again, crowd's reaction differs from country to country so you can't really affect whether

01:01 you're going to get booed or not.

01:03 Trust me, I know.