Wrote: Endrit Berisha
A video has alleged a verbal altercation between Albanian singer Dua Lipa and Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.
The claim was made by the Instagram account, "Flamur Graca Goranci" on April 19. The video has received thousands of likes and hundreds of comments.
In the video, this account wrote that Dua Lipa denied Djokovic's claim that Skanderbeg was Serbian.
But what is the truth of the video in question?
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it turns out that tennis player Djokovic had collided with a fan in one of his matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament in January.
Link to the post of the "Flamur Graca Goranci" account on Instagram:
"Come down and tell me to my face" Djokovic was heard shouting during the live broadcast of the match.
Dua Lipa was not there, nor was there a verbal clash between her and Djokovic.
Even Djokovic himself has admitted to having a confrontation with a man. After his victory over Alexei Popyrin, he revealed that he had asked the spectator to come onto the court to speak what he was saying from the stands.
"People were making noise between the first and second services all night. Of course it bothers me, but at the same time you have to accept it. What really annoys me are the problem people, so I confronted him... I invited him to come and tell me to my face whatever he was saying, because he was saying good things. He apologized to me from a distance. Suddenly he didn't have the courage to confront me," Djokovic said after the match. (Full statement, see here)
The account "Flamur Graca Goranci" has further responded to commentators who have questioned the content, insisting on "Dua Lipa's clash with Djokovic". (see here)
The same video was also posted on TikTok at the end of January by the account of the same name. So far it has received more than 300 thousand views there. (see here)
Analyze:
The Instagram account "Flamur Graca Goranci" has published a video in which it claimed that there was a clash between Albanian singer Dua Lipa and Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic during a match at the "Australian Open".
In reality, Djokovic collided with a man and this was confirmed by the tennis player himself.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.