Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19, says 'extremely sorry' to others


File Photo: Adria Tour - Zadar, Croatia - June 21, 2020 Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his match against Croatia's Nino Serdarusic REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Novak 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.

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