A war of words has erupted between Scots tennis ace Andy Murray and Nigel Farage after the former UKIP leader flew to Serbia to visit Novak Djokovic’s brother on the night of the world number one's court hearing in Australia.We told earlier today how the Dunblane-born star had commented on a video shared by the right winger of his meeting with Djordje Djokovic.Murray responded to the Farage's video saying: "Please record the awkward moment when you tell them you’ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported."The response went viral on twitter gathering 39K retweets and 255.3K likes at the time of writing.But Farage hit back accusing the 34-year-old Scot of not understanding the Brexit campaign and being 'filled with prejudice'.He tweeted: "Dear Andy, you clearly don't understand politics or the Brexit campaign but are filled with prejudice."Concentrate on the tennis and, a word of advice, crack a smile every now and again."Andy Murray simply responded with an emoji of a fish on a line indicating he was 'fishing' for a response from Farage.Djokovic’s legal team won their case for the Serbian sports star to remain in Australia, after his visa was initially revoked by the Australian Border Force.The tennis player’s name has dominated global headlines over the last week.Previously, Murray was asked his opinion on the Djokovic situation and told reporters in Melbourne: “I’m going to say two things on it just now.
The first thing is that I hope that Novak is OK. I know him well, and I’ve always had a good relationship with him and I hope that he’s OK.“The second thing I’ll say on it … it’s really not good for tennis at all, and I don’t think it’s good for anyone involved.”The 34-year-old
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