The Adria Tour that Novak Djokovic is organizing in the Balkans leaves us with another outstanding tennis player from the ATP circuit infected by the coronavirus. If on Sunday we knew the positive in COVID-19 of Grigor Dimitrov this Monday it was Croatian Borna Coric the one who revealed that he has contracted the disease.
Coric confirmed this announcement through a statement released on his social networks in which he assured that, despite testing positive, he was well and without symptoms, while encouraging all those who have been with him recently to take the tests. “Hello everyone. I want to inform you that I have tested positive on COVID-19. I want to make sure that all those who have been in contact with me during the last days are tested! I am very sorry for the damage that may have been caused. I feel fine and no symptoms. Please stay safe and sound. Much love to all! “
Several Serbian media point out that, in addition to Dimitrov and Coric, A member of the Bulgarian tennis player's team (his trainer Kristijan Groh) and another of Novak Djokovic's team (his physical trainer Marko Paniki) also reportedly tested positive.
Djokovic refuses to do the test in Croatia and yes he does in Belgrade
According to Serbian media Kurir Novak Djokovic, he would have flown to Serbia after suspending the final of the second date of the Adria Tour, where he had to face Russian Andrey Rublev, and he would have refused to take the test on Croatian soil.
The Serbian media quotes members of Djokovic's team, who assure that 'Nole' was not tested at the time as she had no symptoms of the virus. From the team they point out that Djokovic will undergo tests in Belgrade.
A fact that, according to the Serbian portal Sportklub, has taken place this Monday, when Djokovic and his family have come to take the tests in a center of the Serbian capital waiting for the results.
Rublev gives negative in the test
After knowing the positives of Dimitrov and Coric, this Monday was also good news and that is that Andrey Rublev confirmed that he has given negative in the tests that were made after Zadar's appointment.
This was announced by the Russian tennis player on his social networks.“Hello everyone! I want to tell you that I am well and healthy. I have tested negative for the COVID-19. I hope that our lives will soon return to normal. And that we can resume them all together. What is happening in the world now is our responsibility. It is a global problem and affects all of us. We need to reduce the spread of the virus. So I will keep quarantine for the next 14 days. Thanks for your support”.
Quarantine in Bulgaria
For their part, Bulgarian authorities have ordered quarantine for those who have been in contact with Grigor Dimitrov. Stanislav Dechev, mayor of Haskovo, a city of about 228,000 inhabitants, who greeted the player during training, is already in his fourteen-day quarantine.