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British tennis ace Dan Evans criticises COVID positive Novak Djokovic

Pictures on the tournament's social media site last week showed Dimitrov playing basketball with Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic, while he also put his arm around Coric

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Britain's Dan Evans has lashed out at Novak Djokovic, saying the World No.1 should "feel some responsibility" after Grigor Dimitrov and Borna Coric tested positive for coronavirus after playing at his Adria Tour event. Pictures on the tournament's social media site last week showed Dimitrov playing basketball with Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic, while he also put his arm around Coric before their match for the second leg of the tournament in Zadar, Croatia. Both Dimitrov and Coric later took to social media to announce that they have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

"I just think it's a poor example to set," Evans was quoted as saying by BBC Sport. "Put it this way, I don't think you should be having a players' party and then dancing all over each other. He should feel some responsibility in his event and how it's transpired," he added. The first leg of the tour was won by Austrian Dominic Thiem in Belgrade, Serbia and around 4,000 fans came to watch it. The event concluded with players dancing close together in a Belgrade nightclub.

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