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Why Novak Djokovic event lacked bit of common sense

Tennis - Mubadala World Tennis Championship - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - December 29, 2018, Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during the final against South Africa's Kevin Anderson. [REUTERS/Suhaib Salem]

Novak Djokovic’s intentions in organising the ill-fated Adria Tour were good but the world number one could have applied a bit more common sense to how the exhibition event was run, former ATP players’ council head Vijay Amritraj has told Reuters.

The Serbian has faced fierce criticism after he, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki contracted COVID-19 following the charity event in Serbia and Croatia.

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