DJOKOVIC – Himself tested positive to the new coronavirus, Novak Djokovic is heavily criticized for having organized the Adria Tower, a sporting event, and charity, during which several players have contracted the Covid-19. The Serbian, however, excused himself and found a few allies in the world of tennis.

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[updated 24 June 2020 at 13h33] The controversy created by the Adria Tower, during which several players have been affected by the coronavirus, continues to react in the world of tennis. This event tennis and charity, organized by Novak Djokovic, had started on 13 June in Belgrade (Serbia), was continued in Zadar (Croatia) last week, and was scheduled to be completed in Montenegro and Bosnia and herzegovina. He will do nothing, since the last stages of this tour were cancelled following positive tests successive Covid-19 of Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric, Viktor Troicki, all participants in the competition, as well as Marko Paniki, the physical trainer of Djokovic, and Kristijan Groh, the coach of Dimitrov. On Monday, it is the n°1 in the world himself who announced that he had contracted the disease, his wife Jelena Ristic.

An avalanche of bad news that has quickly triggered a flood of criticism on the part of actor in the world of tennis. Absence of distancing physical, hugs, and farandoles with children, furious dances in a nightclub in Belgrade… The images of the first stages of the Adria Tower, in Belgrade and in Zadar, in full global pandemic, have indeed shocked, in particular, this video captured in a disco in Belgrade :

Kyrgios : “A decision is stupid to play this exhibition”

Asked to comment on the situation, the american player, Noah Rubin, said Monday, in the columns of L’equipe : “It was inevitable. They lived their life as if nothing had happened. I don’t understand why the tennis needed to take this risk. What good is it to make the people smile and the raising of money if it is to infect a thousand people ?”. Nick Kyrgios has blasted on Twitter, the decision “stupid” to play for this exhibition. “This is what happens when one does no protocol”, he added. Learning Tuesday the positive test for Djokovic in the coronavirus, the Australian is again expressed, indicating : “My prayers to all players infected. It is no longer worthwhile to mention my actions as acts irresponsible or stupid. This overcomes everything”.

The Brazilian Bruno Soares, member of the board of the players, also prevailed against the Adria Tower and its organizers. “It was a spectacle of terror, he responded in the columns of Globo Esporte. It was irresponsible and immature. With the current world situation, even if you are at the North pole, you do not go out to party and you do not post the photos on Instagram. It is a lack of respect for what is happening in the world. This event has been organized with irresponsibility absurd”. Same sound of bell on the side of the British Daniel Evans : “This is a bad example to give. Even if the recommendations were those of a return to normal in this country, I would have still tried to keep the most possible of my distances with the other. And I think that there has been a total neglect of this point of view”.

Boutter defends Djokovic

in the Face of this outpouring of criticism, Novak Djokovic has made his amends, on Tuesday, in a press release (“All we did was serve to unite and share a message of solidarity (…) We were wrong (…) I am deeply sorry to each of these new cases”). He was also able to count on the support of other players of tennis, who reject the responsibility on other people. This is particularly the case of Feliks Lukas, director of tournament in Croatia and now in Zadar for the Adria Tower, which explained yesterday in The Team : “The responsibility rests entirely with the federation of Croatian. They knew that the ATP and the WTA had decided on a policy of huis clos (…) I don’t blame Novak and his team. They do not decide the rules in Croatia”. This morning, Frenchman Julien Boutter, always in the columns of the daily sports newspaper, who came to the rescue of the Serbian player. “From the time he has validated his event, I find it hard to understand the controversy of the ‘he’s right, he is wrong’, shows in particular the head of the Moselle Open. this is not as a organizer who was badly mounted of a tent, and where his negligence is directly proven (…) If he was within his rights, if he has followed the sanitary rules of his country, and that the players did not come to a knife under the throat, it is not open to criticism”.

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Born on 22 may 1987 in Belgrade, Novak Djokovic is a tennis player Serbian, evolving on the professional circuit since 2003. Having an early passion for tennis, he enjoys the support of her parents, who do not hesitate to sacrifice themselves to give their son every chance to succeed. As early as 2004, the first major performance of the young tennis player can give them because with a semi-final at the Australian Open as a junior. Four years later, the career of the man called “Nola” takes a shot of steppingrator. At the young age of 21 years, Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2008 edition of the Australian Open. A title that marks the beginning of a long quest for trophies. During the six seasons that follow, “Djoko” manages to win six other victories in the Grand Slam, including three more on the australian soil. Only a victory on the terre battue paris at Roland-Garros eluded him.

Become world number one for the first time in 2011, Novak Djokovic is a part, with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the trio of tennis players, which multiplies the records and won almost all the Grand Slam tournaments for many years. Winner of the Davis Cup with Serbia in 2010, Novak Djokovic is also known for his humor and his imitations, on as outside of the courts. Novak Djokovic does not hesitate to share his good mood, a characteristic that earned him the sympathy of the public.

Married in 2014 Jelena Ristic, Novak Djokovic trains in the same year to a new profession : that of a dad. In 2015, it achieves the best season of his career, winning three Grand Slam tournaments but also six Masters 1000. The following year, he won Roland Garros, the only title that he lacked, achieving the feat to string together 5 straight wins in Grand Slam over two seasons. After a year 2017 year marked by injuries, he reunited with success, by 2018, including at Wimbledon or the US Open. IN 2019, Djokovic has flown over the Australian Open, before winning one of the most beautiful finals of the era Open face Federer at Wimbledon. He again won the Australian Open in January 2020. In total, the Serbian has 17 victories in the Grand Slam to his list.

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