Could Novak Djokovic be behind a Covid cluster? No barrier measures were respected in the tennis tournament he organized in the Balkans. There are already 5 positive cases. For Virginie Phulpin, the problem is that Djokovic thinks too much about himself to be aware of the rest of the world. 

It looks like he has blinders. His obsessions are clear: he wants to be the best tennis player in history, so overtake Nadal and Federer on the charts, but he also wants to be more loved than them, to enter all hearts. And suddenly, the rest and the others do not matter to him. He only has these goals in mind. When he organized his exhibition tournament, at the start, I thought it was rather a good idea to resume tennis smoothly. Yes, except that Novak Djokovic pretended that the virus did not exist. Dozens of spectators in the stands without distancing, and on the court, on the part of the players, hugs do you want it here. Result, 5 positive tests so far and players in the fortnight. He did not want to be tested in Croatia, he wanted to return to Serbia first. You know that Novak Djokovic grew up during the war in the former Yugoslavia, it makes you see life differently, and he kept a strong nationalist feeling. He almost sees himself with the stature of a statesman in his country. And that too, it disconnects from reality. He sees himself as a superman, in fact, stronger than the Covid. Besides, in Spain, he had already resumed training a week before it was allowed. He also explained that if there was ever a vaccine, it would not be for him. It's confusing, it's dangerous too. Because with all this, he is capable of having given birth to a cluster in the world of tennis. We should have the results of his test today, obviously hoping it will be negative ...  

The other players are very critical of Novak Djokovic

He's getting everyone on his back. The last to have replaced it is Nick Kyrgios, who accuses him of having been irresponsible to organize this tournament under these conditions. You have to be strong to be caught on the fly by the Australian bad boy. Normally it is quite the opposite. The players who are not part of the tennis elite also want him a lot because Novak Djokovic did not consider for a second to move to the US Open without all the members of his staff. Result, the lowest ranked are no longer invited so that there are not too many people. The Serb did not deign to participate in a virtual meeting between players to talk about the conditions of the recovery. The problem is that he is the president of the players' council, but the collective doesn't interest him, except when it's for his cause. This is the paradox of one who wants to be loved by everyone and who ends up being hated. Think only of yourself and feel invincible: Novak Djokovic will have succeeded in the grand slam in these times of pandemic. And that one, that's for sure, Nadal and Federer will never win it.