Novak Djokovic and the Adria Tour: the exhibition event that shocked tennis

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(CNN)Novak Djokovic should have been stepping out this Monday at Wimbledon, opening the Championships as the defending champion. Instead, the top-ranked Serb is involved in a damage limitation exercise after his exhibition tour in the Balkans, intended to be an uplifting moment during the sport's hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, was cancelled when Djokovic, his wife Jelena, three other players, three coaches and one player's pregnant wife tested positive for the virus. Unlike other exhibition events during the pandemic, there was limited social distancing on the Adria Tour, which was played to crowded stadiums, with players hugging and high-fiving each other, playing basketball...

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