Novak Djokovic, the men’s world number one tennis player has tested positive for Coronavirus after he played in an exhibition event organized in Croatia. He and his wife Jelena have both tested positive while their children are negative.
The Adria Tour, which took place in Zadar last weekend, has been mired in controversy after the final was canceled following Grigor Dimitrov testing positive for COVID-19. Djokovic who was scheduled to play Sunday’s final, confirmed about testing positive and has returned home to Serbia. Djokovic defended organizing the Adria Tour, a four-stage charity event hosted in the Balkans and released a statement on his website that read, “It was all born with a philanthropic idea, to direct all raised funds towards people in need and it warmed my heart to see how everybody strongly responded to this.”
The statement further read, “We organized the tournament at the moment when the virus has weakened, believing that the conditions for hosting the Tour had been met. Unfortunately, this virus is still present, and it is a new reality that we are still learning to cope and live with. I am hoping things will ease with time so we can all resume lives the way they were. I am extremely sorry for each individual case of infection. I hope that it will not complicate anyone's health situation and that everyone will be fine."
Djokovic added that he will remain in self-isolation for the next 14 days and will undergo another test in five days’ time.
(Source: Novak Djokovic website)
