“He was trying to do the right thing” – Former British No.1 defends Novak Djokovic after Adria Tour fiasco

The Adria Tour was an exhibition event that was started by Novak Djokovic. However, many players including the Serb got infected with the coronavirus. This led to many people criticizing Novak. However, former British number one Annabel Croft has just defended him. In a recent interview with Talksport, Annabel Croft talked about the Adria Tour. “I believe he was trying to do the right thing. He was trying to put tennis back in front of the public and at that time Serbia wasn’t having a lot of cases, but I think it was some of the stuff that went out on social media where he was dancing in a nightclub, they were taking their shirts off and hugging, and on-court they were hugging and greeting each other. Then, of course, things got bad, some of the players tested positive and he himself came down with it with his wife,” said Croft. Croft went on to say that the entire incident didn’t do very well for Novak publicly even though the Serbian government allowed the exhibition to take place. However, right now, Novak is going to have other things on his mind because the ATP Tour is resuming soon. Source: Essentially Sports

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