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Dominick Reuter / Agence France-Presse
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The world number one Novak Djokovic has not yet made a decision on its participation in the US Open 2020, the tennis player said Wednesday in an interview with the Serbian sports daily Sportski Zurnal.
“I still don’t know if I’m going to play the US Open. I will not play safely in Washington or Cincinnati, “said Djokovic.
Recall that the ll US Open is scheduled from August 31 to September 13.
On July 2, Djokovic announced that he had tested negative for the coronavirus, having contracted the disease during the charity tournament he organized in the Balkans.
The Serb resumed training on Tuesday and announced that he will take part in the season on clay.
“Participation in Roland-Garros is secure. Madrid and Rome are also part of my agenda, “said Djokovic.
The world number one also described as “correct” the new classification system that the ATP plans to implement starting in August, the scheduled date for the resumption of tournaments after a five-month hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. 19.
The world number one had announced on June 23 that they had tested positive for the coronavirus, as had three players who participated in the Adria Tour, which had started in mid-June in Belgrade: the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19th world), the Croatian Borna Coric (33rd) and the Serbian Viktor Troicki (184th).
Later, the Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, director of one of the stages of the Adria Tour and one of the Djokovic coaches, also tested positive.
On the Adria Tour, especially during his time in Belgrade, social distance measures were barely respected, by the public or by the players.
Djokovic, widely criticized for organizing this competition, had made his excuses, claiming “to have deeply felt” that the tournament, which was canceled, “caused evil.”
Reacting, in this interview, to the salvo of criticism caused by the fiasco of his Adria tour, Djokovic denounced “a kind of witch hunt”.
“I see a lot of criticism. It is clear that there is something else, as if there was an agenda, someone must fall, an important personality must be the main culprit for everything, “he said.
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