Belgrade (AFP)

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has yet to make a decision on whether to participate in the US Open 2020, he said in an interview with Serbian sports newspaper Sportski Zurnal on Wednesday.

"I still don't know if I'm going to play the US Open. I'm definitely not going to play Washington, Cincinnati stays in my plans," said Djokovic.

The US Open is scheduled from August 31 to September 13.

On July 2, Djokovic announced that he had tested negative for coronavirus, after contracting the virus on the sidelines of the charity tournament he organized in the Balkans.

The "Joker" resumed training on Tuesday and announced that he would take part in the clay court season.

"Participation in Roland-Garros is safe, Madrid and Rome are also part of my agenda," said Djokovic.

The world N.1 has also qualified as "correct" the new classification system that ATP plans to set up from August, scheduled date for resumption of tournaments after five months of pause due to the pandemic. from Covid-19.

The world N.1 announced on June 23 to be positive for the coronavirus, as well as three players who participated in the Adria Tour, which started in mid-June in Belgrade: the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19th world), the Croatian Borna Coric (33rd) and the Serbian Viktor Troicki (184th).

Subsequently, the Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, director of one of the stages of the Adria Tour and one of Djokovic's coaches, also announced that he had tested positive.

During the Adria Tour, notably its stage in Belgrade, social distancing measures had hardly been respected, both among the public and among the players.

Djokovic, widely criticized for organizing this competition, had apologized, saying he was "deeply sorry" that the tournament, which was canceled, "caused harm".

Reacting, in this interview, to the salvo of critics that caused the fiasco of his Adria tour, Djokovic denounced "a kind of witch hunt".

"I see a lot of criticism. It is clear that there is something more, as if there were an agenda, someone must wear the hat, a tall personality must be the main culprit," he said. he declares.

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