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Dayana Yastremska defends Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour event and the coronavirus mess that emerged

As the majority of tennis world is questioning Novak Djokovic‘s sanity to organize the Adria Tour charity exhibition in the Balkans, evidently without social distancing measures applied and with about one thousand fans in attendance each day, which later resulted in a number of positive coronavirus cases among players and the cancellation of the tournament, WTA world No.25 Dayana Yastremska expressed her opinion about the whole situation and whether Nole’s sincere intentions only aggravated the already desperate state of tennis during the COVID-19 pandemic or not.

The Ukrainian defended her colleague on Instagram and here are excerpts from her statement:

I am afflicted and upset by the situation that has emerged around the organization of the Adria Tour tournament in Serbia.