Factbox: Djokovic slammed after testing positive for COVID-19


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Adria Tour - Zadar, Croatia - June 19, 2020 Serbia's Novak Djokovic during a press conference REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/File Photo

(Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, days after he hosted a number of players in the Adria Tour exhibition tournament in the Balkan region.

Djokovic was criticised for hosting the tournament amid a pandemic after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki also returned positive tests after playing in the tournament that was held in Serbia and Croatia.

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