DJOKOVIC, wife declared negative for coronavirus

NOVAK Djokovic ranked world’s number 1 in Men’s tennis, and his wife has tested negative for coronavirus, his media team said,10 days after announcing they had contracted the virus. The top-ranked player, 33, from Serbia was tested positive for the virus after playing in an exhibition series he had organized in his home country and Croatia amid the pandemic. “Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena are negative for Covid-19. That was shown by the results of the PCR tests that both had in Belgrade,” his media team said in a statement. Both Djokovic and his wife had no symptoms and were in self-isolation in Belgrade, the Serbian capital since testing positive with their two kids. The news comes amid a new spike of cases in Serbia and the reintroduction of some restrictive measures, such as wearing of masks and social distancing. Djokovic was the fourth player to come down with the virus after participating in matches held in Belgrade and Zadar, Croatia. The others were three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki