
has revealed he was advised to change hotels on Saturday night to avoid the "dangerous" chaos following Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League celebrations.
The Serbian superstar and Milan fan was unhappy to play the Saturday night session here and
But the three-time champion still got caught up in the traffic outside Roland Garros with 48,000 fans watching the match on big screens at the nearby Parc des Princes.
Djokovic said: "I want to thank the chief of security, who is not here, but he was amazing with his team. At one point, it was quite -- people were quite tense here, I must say, for our return to the hotel.
"They were not suggesting us at one point to go back at all, to maybe find a place to sleep somewhere around here for a night, because at that point it was already past midnight and some gas bombs and cars under fire and stuff happening on the street that was really dangerous.
"So understandably, and actually, everything around our hotel, which is close to Arc de Triomphe. So, yeah, in the end we talked. We waited for a bit, and then we decided to go. Then it was fine. In the end we reached the hotel all good, but it was quite noisy with a lot of things happening outside of the hotel.
"Of course, it's interesting in some way to look from your window what's happening. At some point it was getting out of hand, but it's understandable that people are so excited.
"First-time Champions League winners for this city. It's one of the most important cities in the world. So, yeah, they are all celebrating. They still go. It's going to be several days, I'm sure, of celebration."
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