It's not a joke: Kyrgios calls Adria Tour 'bone-headed' after stars test positive for COVID-19
June 22, 2020 17:34 ISTBulgarian Grigor Dmitrov had tested positive on Sunday while Croatian Borna Coric was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday.
Bulgarian Grigor Dmitrov had tested positive on Sunday while Croatian Borna Coric was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday.
Both the players took part in the Adria Tour with the likes Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem among others.
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is under public scrutiny for 'recklessness' during the Adria Tour.
Dimitrov becomes the first high-profile tennis players to have contracted the virus.
Djokovic started by saving three set points in his 4-3, 4-1 win over fellow Serb Pedja Krstin.
Paes had announced that 2020 would be his last season and Tokyo Games was expected to be his swansong event but the COVID-19 pandemic upset his plans.
Djokovic, however, didn't confirm if he will participate in the last Grand Slam of the year or not, but he did say that he is less sceptical about the event now than a few weeks ago.
The US Open will feature the men's and women's singles main-draw events, each with the traditional 128 players, and men's and women's doubles events, with 32 teams in each competition (down from 64 teams).
US Open will be held without fans from August 31 to September 13, making it be the second major of 2020, following the Australian Open
The WTA said its first event would be the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy the week of Aug. 3. The ATP said its players would return to action at the Citi Open beginning Aug. 14
The French Tennis Federation says its Grand Slam tournament’s main draw will be played at Roland Garros from Sept. 27 to Oct. 11.
The 38-year-old American was the runner-up in Flushing Meadows each of the past two years.
US Open 2020 will begin from August 31 without fans at Queens in New York
Williams, 39, has five Wimbledon championships and two US Open trophies apart from 14 doubles Grand Slam trophies in her bulging cabinet.
Murray's keen interest to participate in US Open was revealed by fellow ATP player Feliciano Lopez, with whom he had won the doubles title last summer at the Queen's.
ATP council was presented with the idea of hosting the Cincinnati tournament along with the US Open in a two-event "bubble" at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre
Djokovic, who broke down in tears after a win in his last match, stated he isn't crying because he has been ousted from the tournament but because of the memories that came back while playing at the venue.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nada have aired reservations about the potential restrictions on players, limits on player entourages and other changes being considered for the U.S. Open.
Thiem defeated Filip Krajinovic 4-3 (7-2), 2-4, 4-2 to win the first leg of Adria Tour tennis tournament held in Serbia.
The fans filled the makeshift stands on Friday at Djokovic's Belgrade tennis club on the banks of the Danube River for the opening day of his charity tennis tour organized by him and his family.
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