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Djokovic Shows Support For Japan

Indian Wells, U.S.A.

Djokovic Knee© Getty ImagesNovak Djokovic has annotated the support bandage on his left knee to show his support for Japan.

Throughout his run to the BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells, Novak Djokovic has shown his support for the victims of the natural disaster that befell Japan nine days ago.

The official death toll currently stands at 8,450 and is expected to rise yet further following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the Japanese coast at 14:46 on Friday, 11 March. 12,931 people are still missing.

Writing on his Facebook page the day the disaster struck, Djokovic said, “Big support and prayers to the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. May God be with you.”

During his matches at the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament of the season, the Serbian has annotated the support bandage on his left knee with the words, “Support Japan”. Explaining the gesture, Djokovic said, “This is the least I can do. Obviously the images that we see are devastating and terrible and just we feel for it. We feel for the people there. Any way we can help and any way we can remind people that they are not alone, we are doing it. So it was just a little sign of remembering the people there.”

The 23-year-old Djokovic also joined Rafael Nadal in recording a special video message for the victims on Thursday. In posting the video to his Facebook page, Djokovic again expressed his sympathies, “Big support to good people of Japan. We will do our best to help you to overcome these difficulties, and hopefully start soon the road to recovery.”

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