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Four fans with "inappropriate flags and symbols" were questioned
by Victoria Police following Wednesday's quarter-final between
Djokovic and Russia's Andrey Rublev.
A video also posted on social media showed one supporter on the
steps of Rod Laver Arena holding up a Russian flag with the
image of President Vladimir Putin on it.
Late on Wednesday another video showed Djokovic's father Srdjan
posing for pictures with fans holding Russian flags.
"Players and their teams have been briefed and reminded of the
event policy regarding flags and symbols and to avoid any
situation that has the potential to disrupt," Tennis Australia
said in a statement on Thursday.
"We continue to work closely with event security and law
enforcement agencies."
Russian and Belarusian flags are banned from Melbourne Park
during the tournament after a complaint from the Ukraine
ambassador to the country.
Belarus is a key staging ground for Russia's war in Ukraine,
which Moscow terms a "special operation".
Photos on social media also showed one fan in the crowd during
Wednesday's match with a "Z" on his shirt.
Russian forces have used the letter "Z" as an identifying symbol
on their vehicles in Ukraine following the invasion. Some
supporters of the invasion have also used the sign.
Russian and Belarusian players were banned from Wimbledon last
year but are able to compete as individual athletes without
national affiliation at Melbourne Park.
Their flags are not displayed beside their names in TV
broadcasts, as is the case for other players, and their nation
is not indicated on draw sheets.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Melbourne; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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