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Tennis Player Novak Djokovic Test Covid-19 Positive

World number one Novak Djokovic has become the latest tennis player to test Covid-19 positive.

It comes after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric, and Viktor Troicki all revealed they had coronavirus after playing at Djokovic's Adria Tour competition.

Djokovic, 33, played fellow Serb Troicki in the first event in Belgrade.

The British Andy Murray said the positive tests were a "lesson for us," whilst the Australian Nick Kyrgios called a "bone-headed decision." 

A statement on Djokovic's website said: "Immediately upon his arrival in Belgrade [after the second event] Novak was tested along with all members of the family and the team with whom he was in Belgrade and Zadar. He is not showing any symptoms."

There have been no ATP Tour events since February due to the global pandemic, and the Adria Tour, which is not an ATP Tour event, was one of the first competitions to be held since then.

The first leg in Serbia attracted 4,000 fans, and the players were later seen dancing close together in a nightclub in Belgrade.

Bulgaria's Dimitrov played Croatia's Coric on Saturday in the second leg in Zadar, Croatia.

With Croatia easing the lock-down controls, teams were not required to follow the social gap laws and were seen on the net at the conclusion of their matches.

Pictures on Friday's social networking platform depicted Dimitrov playing basketball with Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic, as well as throwing his arm around Coric before the contest.

Zverev, Cilic and Andrey Rublev, who all participated in the Adria Tour, screened negative, but indicated that they should all be self-isolated for up to 14 days.

The ATP Tour season is scheduled to commence again on 14 August and the US Open will be played without spectators from 31 August to 13 September, with several players raising reservations over flying to New York.

Source: BBC

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