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Politics and tennis a volatile mix

By Kamakshi Tandon
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, January 23, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The world comes to Melbourne Park for the Australian Open and, increasingly, brings its troubles along. Ethnic passions boiled over for the third year in a row as Serbian and Bosnian supporters clashed on tournament grounds shortly after Serbia's Novak Djokovic completed his 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) defeat of Bosnian-born American Amer Delic. "I'm really sad to hear about that," said Delic, who had posted a Web site message appealing for calm following disruptions in h ...

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