'It wasn't safe to return to our hotel!' - Djokovic experiences Paris riots - video Dailymotion

Novak Djokovic told how life in Paris is for tennis stars amid the riots following PSG's Champions League win

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00:00People were quite tense here, I must say, for our return to the hotel.

00:04They were not suggesting us at one point to go back at all, to maybe find a place to sleep

00:10somewhere around here for a night, because at that point it was already past midnight

00:16and there were some gas bombs and cars under fire and stuff happening on the street that

00:25was really dangerous.

00:27So understandably and actually everything around our hotel, which is close to Art de Triomphe.

00:33So yeah, in the end we talked, we waited for a bit and then we decided to go and then it

00:40was fine.

00:41In the end we reached the hotel all good, but it was quite noisy with a lot of things happening

00:49outside of the hotel.

00:51So of course it's interesting in some way to look from your window what's happening,

00:57but at some point it was getting, yeah, it was getting out of hand.

01:02But it's understandable that people are so excited.

01:05You know, first time Champions League winners for this city, it's one of the most important

01:10cities in the world.

01:11So yeah, they're all celebrating, they still go, you know.

01:17It's going to be several days I'm sure of celebration.