With what has happened on the Adria Tour side, critics are flocking everywhere towards the world number one Novak Djokovic.
The Serb, who was truly known as the face behind a series of exhibition tournaments, was recently one of a series of players who tested positive for COVID-19 while taking part in this event.
Mark Masters de TSN spoke with Milos Raonic on this subject and the latter believes that Djokovic, who holds the post of president of the ATP players’ council, risks needing time to recover the confidence of all its members. The Canadian claims that some of Djokovic’s arguments suddenly lose their strength following the results of the Adria Tour. The Serb said he was particularly against holding the United States Open later this year.
“After what has just happened, this argument no longer has as much weight because of the events that took place,” he argued.
“I think he has had several positive cases since he took office, but in terms of the turn of recent events, I think it will take him a little time to recover the confidence of some players “, he added.
Raonic seems to think that only a few measures that were not respected during the tour raised some questions. He still maintained that Djokovic’s initial idea of wanting to bring sport back to the showcase during the pandemic was laudable when people were looking for a way to have fun. He said he was mainly disturbed by the search for a faulty person to make the hat worn for what happened.
“It’s a shame that Novak receives so many negative responses when he wanted to do this tour with good intentions. The only thing that bothered me a bit was when I heard comments from his family that suggested that what is happening is the fault of Dimitrov. I find all this unfair, “he said, when Dimitrov was declared positive to COVID-19.
“There are other things to consider, including Novak who went to a basketball game where he met Jokic who was later declared positive. There was no need to go with these kinds of accusations, “he said.
Raonic shared that he had discussions in order to play during the tour to Montenegro, he who is originally from this country. Even if the temptation to play in front of certain family members was present, the risks were too great for the project to materialize.
“I considered it when I never played in front of several of my cousins or my grandmother. I wanted to wait for what the US Open was going to decide. If this Grand Slam was to take place, I would not have seen myself going back and forth between Europe and the United States. I think it was an unnecessary risk, “he said.
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