The Croatian player, who participated in the competition organized in the Balkans without sanitary measures organized by Novak Djokovic, was tested positive for coronavirus, like his Bulgarian colleague the day before. Others were infected during the tournament.

And two! In the aftermath of Grigor Dimitrov, it was Borna Coric who announced Monday that he had tested positive for coronavirus after having participated in the Adria Tour, a tennis party organized by Novak Djokovic in the Balkans without sanitary measures and while the resumption of the ATP circuit. At the same time, two coaches, one from Djokovic and one from Dimitrov, were also tested positive, according to local press, which said that the world number one left without being tested Zadar (Croatia), where the 2nd stage took place last week. from the Adria Tour, to return to Belgrade.

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"I am very sorry for the harm I have done"

The Serbian capital, whose Red Star football club announced on Monday that five of its players had tested positive for coronavirus, hosted the first stop on the Adria Tour in mid-June.

"Hello everyone, I wanted to tell you that I tested positive for Covid-19. I want to be sure that anyone who has been in contact with me for the past few days will be tested! I am very sorry for the harm that I could do it! ", the Croatian Borna Coric (33rd in the world) announces in a tweet that looks very similar to the one published on Sunday by Dimitrov (19th). The Bulgarian had withdrawn from the competition after losing to Coric, precisely, having shown very large signs of fatigue. Coric says he "feels good and has no symptoms".

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The announcement of Dimitrov's positive test resulted in the cancellation of the tournament final in Zadar (Croatia) between Djokovic and Andrey Rublev. The Adria Tour Dominic Thiem (3rd) and Alexander Zverev (7th) also participated. Thiem had left the Balkans to join the south of France to participate in the competition of Patrick Mouratoglou, the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) where Stefanos Tsitsipas (6th), Matteo Berrettini (8th), David Goffin (10th) are also gathered , Benoît Paire (22nd), Richard Gasquet (50th), Feliciano Lopez (56th), Corentin Moutet (75th), Alexei Popyrin (103rd) and Dustin Brown (239th).

They are all expected to resume official competition in August and almost all are eligible for the US Open which will take place without qualifications (August 31-September 13).