BELGRADE, Serbia – Novak Djokovic and his wife tested negative for the coronavirus, their media team said Thursday, 10 days after announcing that the couple had contracted the disease.
The top-ranked tennis player tested positive for the virus after playing in an exhibition series he hosted in Serbia and Croatia amid the pandemic. No social distancing was observed in the matches in Belgrade and Zadar, Croatia.
“Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena are negative for COVID-19. That was shown by the results of the PCR tests they both had in Belgrade,” their media team said in a statement.
Both Djokovic and his wife had no symptoms and had been in self-isolation in the Serbian capital since they tested positive, according to the statement.
The news comes amid a further surge in coronavirus cases in Serbia and the reintroduction of some restrictive measures, such as the mandatory use of masks and social distancing.
Djokovic was the fourth player to contract the virus after participating in matches in Belgrade and Zadar. The others were three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki.
Djokovic’s coach Goran Ivanisevic has also said he has the virus.
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