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Tennis: Adria Tour final cancelled after Dimitrov tests positive for COVID-19

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/06/22/1.jpg"/><figcaption>Bulgaria&#x27;s Grigor Dimitrov in action during his match against Croatia&#x27;s Borna Coric. <em>Antonio Bronic, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>ZADAR, Croatia -- Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday said he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest-profile tennis player to reveal he has the disease.</p><p>The 29-year-old Bulgarian had been competing in the Adria Tour exhibition tournament in Croatia until he withdrew due to feeling ill during the weekend.</p><p>The final of the Croatia event in the coastal resort of Zadar, the second leg of the tour which would have featured world number one Novak Djokovic and Russian Andrey Rublev, was cancelled as a result.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" 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style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtKr9dA7wa/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Grigor Dimitrov (@grigordimitrov)</a> on <time dateTime="2020-06-21T17:36:04+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jun 21, 2020 at 10:36am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;I want to reach out and let my fans and friends know that I tested positive back in Monaco for COVID-19,&quot; former world number three Dimitrov wrote on Instagram.</p><p>&quot;I want to make sure anyone who has been in contact with me during these past days gets tested and takes the necessary precautions.</p><p>&quot;I am so sorry for any harm I might have caused. I am back home now and recovering. Thanks for your support and please stay safe and healthy.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/football/news/2020/06/22/liverpool-held-everton-resumed-mission-seal-title-68948">READ: Liverpool held by Everton on resumed mission to seal title</a></li></ul><p>Goran Ivanisevic, the director of the tour&#x27;s Zadar leg and Djokovic&#x27;s coach, was greeted with jeers from the fans when he broke the news courtside.</p><p>&quot;We have just been informed that Grigor Dimitrov has tested positive for coronavirus and we will have to call off the final of the tournament in Zadar,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Unfortunately we had to make the decision as we don&#x27;t want anybody else to catch the virus.&quot;</p><p>Dimitrov pulled out of the tournament on Saturday after he felt unwell following his opening singles match against Croatian Borna Coric.</p><p>With international tennis suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Djokovic organised the Adria Tour as a charity event designated to be contested over four legs across the former Yugoslavia.</p><p>Austria&#x27;s world number three Dominic Thiem won the opening leg in Belgrade, where a capacity 4,000 crowd turned up each day at Djokovic&#x27;s tennis centre by the Danube river.</p><p>With both Serbia and Croatia easing lockdown measures weeks before the event, players were not obliged to observe social distancing rules in either country and were seen embracing at the net at the end of their matches.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/06/22/2.jpg"/><figcaption>Police officers ask people to leave a bar near the venue after the cancellation of the final match was announced after Bulgaria&#x27;s Grigor Dimitrov tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). <em>Antonio Bronic, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Fans in Croatia, however, were subject to the rules and had to keep their distance, meaning that the 9,000-capacity Visnjik tennis complex was half-full for the event.</p><p>The third leg due in Montenegro on June 27 and 28 was scrapped last week over coronavirus concerns while the final leg, scheduled for July 3 and 4 in Bosnia&#x27;s Banja Luka, is now likely to be called off.</p><p>Djokovic&#x27;s brother Djordje, the director of the entire Adria Tour series, said everyone who has been in contact with Dimitrov would be tested for COVID-19 in the next few hours.</p><p>&quot;After receiving the news, we took all the measures stipulated by the Croatian government and everyone who has had any contact with Grigor will be tested,&quot; he said in a courtside interview.</p><p>Ivanisevic added: &quot;This came as a huge shock. I tested negative three days ago although I was in Grigor&#x27;s proximity and despite the bad news, I want to thank the Djokovic family for making the effort.&quot;</p><p>As well as Djokovic, Coric, Dimitrov and Rublev, also competing in the eight-man Zadar field were world number seven Alexander Zverev, former U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic, Pedja Krstin and Danilo Petrovic. Nino Serdarusic was drafted in as Dimitrov&#x27;s replacement.</p><p>Olga Danilovic and Donna Vekic also featured in a mixed doubles match with Djokovic and Coric. </p><div><strong>(Reporting by Zoran Milosavljevic, additional reporting by Rory Carroll, Editing by Pritha Sarkar)</strong></div><p>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/"><b>ABS-CBN Sports website</b></a>).</p>

<p>Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday said he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest-profile tennis player to reveal he has the disease.<br /> </p>

Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday said he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest-profile tennis player to reveal he has the disease.