Novak Djokovic faces questions over Adria Tour event as Borna Coric tests positive for coronavirus

Borna Coric has become the latest tennis player to test positive for coronavirus after playing on the Adria Tour.

World number 19 Grigor Dimitrov announced on Sunday that he had returned a positive COVID-19 test.

He had faced Coric on Saturday, with the Croatian now also warning those he has been in contact with that he has been asymptomatic.

Borna Coric (left) has contracted coronavirus after Grigor Dimitrov (right) tested positive

Croatian star Coric released this statement on social media after testing positive for the virus

Nick Kyrgios labelled the decision to go ahead with the Adria Tour as ‘boneheaded’

‘Hi everyone, I wanted to inform you all that I tested positive for Covid-19,’ he wrote on Instagram.

‘I want to make sure anyone who has been in contact with me during the last few days gets tested! I am really sorry for any harm I might have caused!

‘I’m feeling well and don’t have any simptoms(sic). Please stay safe and healthy! Lots of love to all!’

The Adria Tour events, which are coming in for heavy criticism, were organised by Novak Djokovic to help players get back up to speed after weeks of inactivity due to the pandemic.

The most recent tournament in Zadar – where world number one Djokovic was set to play in Sunday’s final against Andrey Rublev – was cancelled following Dimitrov’s test.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic is now facing huge questions over his Adria Tour event

Dimitrov was pictured playing basketball with Djokovic days before contracting the virus

But that was not enough for outspoken Australian Nick Kyrgios, with the world number 40 unhappy the event took place at all.

‘Boneheaded decision to go ahead with the ‘exhibition’ speedy recovery fellas, but that’s what happens when you disregard all protocols. This IS NOT A JOKE,’ he posted on Twitter.

According to the Telegraph, Djokovic was among the stars who underwent emergency Covid-19 tests in Croatia on Sunday night after it emerged that Dimitrov contracted the virus. 

Players on the Adria Tour have been embracing and high-fiving each other, or playing contact sports like football or basketball in between their matches. 

During the Belgrade part of the tour, players were filmed dancing together in a nightclub with their shirts off. 

Djokovic and Co partied in a Belgrade nightclub, with some of the players taking their shirts off

Djokovic (left centre) was joined by the likes of Alex Zverev and Dominic Thiem in nightclub

Pictures posted on social media showed the likes of Djokovic, Alex Zverev and Dominic Thiem having a whale of a time in a Belgrade nightclub.

Meanwhile, Dimitrov revealed he had tested positive for coronavirus just days after playing basketball with Djokovic and Co. 

The possibility of contagion is high, especially considering the lack of regard for safety precautions along the way on the Adria Tour. 

Djokovic has previously been forced to dismiss criticism of the big crowds that have attended the Adria Tour.

And following Dimitrov’s positive test, the Adria Tour also put out a defensive statement on Sunday night, saying that ‘at all times, we have strictly followed the epidemiological measures in place.’

Big crowds have attended the Adria Tour amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Djokovic has previously been forced to dismiss criticism of the crowds that have attended