While most sporting events across the globe have been cancelled or postponed, a four-stage charity event named The Adria Tour was organized in Croatia last weekend by tennis player Novak Djokovic.
According to NDTV, after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki contracted COVID-19, Djokovic himself, as well as his wife Jelena, tested positive for coronavirus yesterday.
CNN reports that the final exhibition match has been cancelled and Djokovic will be self-isolating for the next 14 days. He apologized to everyone for the tournament by sharing the following message on Twitter:
The Indian Express quoted Andy Murray saying,
“It’s not surprising how many people have tested positive after seeing some of the images of the players’ party and the kids’ day. There was no social distancing in place. I don’t think it (Adria Tour) has been a great look for tennis. Coronavirus doesn’t care about who we are or what we do. We need to respect it and respect the rules.”
Several other players have criticized the lack of masks and social distancing during the event.
Yikes… this is not good and it’s a pattern… Hope Novak will be ok of course! What now, US Open? Roland Garros? We have a lot of work to do… https://t.co/soyghND0Li
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) June 23, 2020
Prayers up to all the players that have contracted Covid – 19. Don’t @ me for anything I’ve done that has been ‘irresponsible’ or classified as ‘stupidity’ – this takes the cake. https://t.co/lVligELgID
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) June 23, 2020
Stellar leadership 😂 #ifyouknowyouknow
— Mitchell Krueger (@mitch_krueger) June 21, 2020
While watching images from the Adria Tour, I kind of felt that something was really wrong… Am I the only one ? Is it a consequence of it ?
Get better soon Grigor 🙏 https://t.co/GKfouQ5hwF— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) June 21, 2020
🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Boneheaded decision to go ahead with the ‘exhibition’ speedy recovery fellas, but that’s what happens when you disregard all protocols. This IS NOT A JOKE. https://t.co/SUdxfijkbK
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) June 22, 2020
Apparently there’s a pandemic ……..
— andyroddick (@andyroddick) June 21, 2020
Hoping for everyone’s speedy recovery, get well soon.