Novak Djokovic's parents have defended their son and blamed another tennis player for spreading coronavirus at a series of exhibition matches hosted by the top-ranked player.Thousands attended Novak Djokovic's exhibition tournaments, with no social distancing observed
. The 17-time grand slam champion then apologised online for organising the Adria Tour events, which brought together professional players from various countries to play matches in Serbia and Croatia.Djokovic's outspoken father blamed the cancellation of the tour on Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov, one of the three other players to test positive in the last few days. There is no evidence to suggest Dimitrov spread the virus to others.
The infections raised questions about the full-fledged return of competitive tennis, including the US Open which is scheduled to begin on August 31 in New York.
What a nice social distancing shot. Defiant.
He didn't adhere to social distancing!
Once again people, the medical advice CLEARED the tournament to go ahead. You got a problem with that - blame the doctors.
Bonehead initiative. Hopefully the USOpen will get cancelled.
Yeah, it’s not my fault someone brought the virus to the thing I organised, when I decided to hold it in the middle of a pandemic. I just hit a ball for a living. It’s not like I’m smart, do anything worthwhile, or contribute to the betterment of people’s lives or anything.
Let's all just do whatever we want & blame the coronavirus itself & nobody has to feel guilty? whatacrock abctv WhataDJoke!!!! DjokerNole&your moronic parents! auspol USOpen TennisAustralia WTA
I'm really going off the Djokovic family. All of them.
Did they arrive in their Ferraris to announce this?
Time for NATO to pay a visit.
Cry you babies DefundABC
Aussie fans never warmed to him which he couldn’t understand. Now he knows why. Can’t wait to see the reception he gets next time he plays here DjokerNole Twat!
They must have learnt the 'pointing finger' skill from Donald Trump. 👈👆👉👇
Lol
No, nothing to do with DjokerNole NovaxDjoCOVID...
It's like 'the dog ate my homework.'
Like father and mother - like son
Can’t choose your parents. DjoCovid is stuck with them. Yeah, blame GrigorDimitrov for attending a tournament their son organized. 🙄
Not DjokerNole’s fault at all..
Djokovic was the clown who organised it
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