Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open drama doesn’t appear to be getting close to an end.
doesn’t appear to be getting close to an end with the tennis star now admitting he did not immediately isolate after testing positive for COVID-19 last month.
Questions had begun to mount over the validity of his Dec. 16 test amid discrepancies in the PCR report and public appearances he made int he days following the alleged positive. In a statement posted to his Instagram, Djokovic admitted that he did not reschedule an interview he had with a journalist in December after testing positive on a PCR test.
“I felt obliged to go ahead and conduct the L’Equipe interview as I didn’t want to let the journalist down, but did ensure I socially distanced and wore a mask except when my photo was being taken,”“While I went home after the interview to isolate for the required period, on reflection, this was an error of judgment and I accept that I should have rescheduled this commitment.”
The journalist for L’Equipe, a French sports publication, was not informed before, during or after the interview that Djokovic had tested positive,
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