Adria Tour Final Canceled After Dimitrov Tests Positive For COVID-19
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov announced he had tested positive for COVID-19. The final match of the Adria Tour tennis tournament in Croatia's coastal city of Zadar was canceled.
Monday 22 June 2020 | 14:54
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov reacts during his match against Croatia's Borna Coric.
The final match of the Adria Tour tennis tournament in Croatia's coastal city of Zadar was canceled after Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
The tournament was initiated by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in order to promote sportsmanship and also to raise funds for those in need. Top players such as Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Alexander Zverev and Donna Vekic had featured, using the tournament to warm up after a months-long absense of competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dimitrov faced Croatia's Coric on Saturday and lost the match, with local paper Jutarnjilist reported that he was not feeling well then. After returning to Monaco, Dimitrov announced on Instagram on Sunday afternoon that he had tested positive back in Monaco for COVID-19.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (C) poses with Borna Coric (1st L), Grigor Dimitrov (2nd L), Alexander Zverev (2nd R) and Goran Ivanisevic after a friendly basketball match ahead of the Adria Tour humanitarian tennis tournament in Zadar, Croatia, June 18, 2020. (Marko Dimic/Pixsell via Xinhua)
On Sunday evening, the Zadar County Civil Protection Headquarters appealed to all citizens who had been in close contact with the Bulgarian tennis player for more than ten minutes to go into self-isolation for 14 days and seek medical advice.
Croatia has recorded a notable surge of COVID-19 infections since Thursday, after nearly a month with fewer than five new daily cases in the country. The new cases are mainly related to people from neighboring countries, local health authorities said.
