Novak Djokovic appears at the Adria Tour in Belgrade earlier this month. Photo: ReutersNovak Djokovic, the men's world number one tennis player, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday and then apologised to all individuals who contracted the virus after playing in an exhibition tournament he organised in Serbia and Croatia. Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Croatia's Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki have previously tested positive after playing in Djokovic's Adria Tour exhibition tournament in the Balkan region. Djokovic's fitness coach Marco Panichi and Dimitrov's coach Christian Groh have also tested positive. "The moment we arrived in Belgrade we went to be tested," Djokovic said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that he was not showing any symptoms.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 23, 2020 19:18 UTC