2020年6月14日，星期日，在塞尔维亚的贝尔格莱德举行的亚得里亚海巡回慈善锦标赛中，保加利亚的格里戈尔·迪米特洛夫将球归还给了奥地利的多米尼克·蒂姆。(美联社照片/达科·沃吉诺维奇)
克罗地亚札格拉布——格里戈尔·迪米特洛夫的COVID-19测试呈阳性，导致克罗地亚的一场展览活动被取消，而排名第一的诺瓦克·德约科维奇将参加决赛。
季米特洛夫，排名第19，三次进入大满贯半决赛，是目前最引人注目的说自己感染了病毒的球员。周日，他在自己的网站主页上宣布了这一消息，美国网球公开赛将在一周后举行。
职业网球巡回赛自3月起暂停，并计划于8月恢复。
德约科维奇的教练之一戈兰·伊万尼塞维奇说，来自季米特洛夫的消息“令人震惊”，“现在每个人都必须接受测试”
季米特洛夫说，他之所以公开自己的病情，是因为他想“确保在过去几天里与我接触过的任何人都得到检测。”
“我很抱歉我可能造成的任何伤害，”他写道。
保加利亚人上周出现在德约科维奇组织的亚德里亚巡回展览的塞尔维亚站。有人批评说，在塞尔维亚首都贝尔格莱德拥挤的展台前举办的展览没有社会距离。塞尔维亚政府上个月解除了大部分病毒限制，尽管有几十个新病例被登记。
季米特洛夫还参加了周六在克罗地亚亚得里亚海度假胜地扎达尔举行的系列赛第二站对阵博纳·科里奇的比赛。比赛后，他抱怨疲劳。他在自己的帖子中说，他在摩纳哥接受了测试。
组织者周日表示，展览现已取消。德约科维奇被安排在决赛中扮演俄罗斯的安德烈·卢布列夫。
除了德约科维奇，其他主要球员也参加了比赛，包括多米尼克·蒂姆和亚历山大·兹维列夫。
“我们真的很抱歉，我们尽力尊重所有措施，我们也尊重塞尔维亚和克罗地亚政府实施的所有措施，”诺瓦克·德约科维奇的弟弟、活动负责人德约科维奇说。
“从我们的角度来看，我们尽了最大努力，但不幸的是，格里格是积极的。此刻，我们正在组织所有医疗服务来检查所有与格里格有过接触的人，他们都将接受检测。我已经联系了亚得里亚海巡回赛的所有运动员，他们的家人，所有志愿者，所有参与组织的人——他们中绝对没有一个人有任何症状。”
他补充道:“在他来到扎达尔之前，格里格在他的祖国(保加利亚)，我们不知道他是否在那里感染了病毒。所有与他有过密切接触的人都将接受测试。”
诺瓦克·德约科维奇最初对自己是否会参加8月31日至9月13日在法拉盛草地举行的美国网球公开赛持怀疑态度。
这项运动的一些顶尖人物，包括卫冕男子冠军拉斐尔·纳达尔和排名第一的阿什·巴蒂，都对前往COVID-19爆发的热点地区表示了保留意见。其他人表示渴望重返行动。
美国网球公开赛通常是每个赛季的第四场也是最后一场大满贯赛事，但它将是2020年的第二大赛事，仅次于2月初结束的澳大利亚网球公开赛。
Dimitrov positive for COVID-19, exhibition event canceled
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov returner the ball to Austria's Dominic Thiem during their match of the Adria Tour charity tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Grigor Dimitrov has tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the cancellation of an exhibition event in Croatia where top-ranked Novak Djokovic was due to play in the final.
Dimitrov, ranked No. 19 and a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist, is the highest-profile current player to say he has the virus. His announcement Sunday on his Instagram page comes at the end of a week when the U.S. Open said it would go forward.
The professional tennis tours have been suspended since March and are planning to resume in August.
Goran Ivanisevic, one of Djokovic’s coaches, said the news from Dimitrov was “shocking” and that “now everyone will have to be tested.”
Dimitrov said he was making his condition public because he wanted to “make sure anyone who has been in contact with me during these past days gets tested.”
“I am so sorry for any harm I might have caused,” he wrote.
The Bulgarian featured last week in the Serbia leg of the Adria Tour exhibition event organized by Djokovic. There was criticism that there was no social distancing at the exhibition, which took place before packed stands in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. The Serbian government lifted most virus restrictions last month despite dozens of new cases being registered.
Dimitrov also played a match against Borna Coric in Croatia, at the Adriatic resort of Zadar, on Saturday in the second leg of the exhibition series. After the match, he complained about fatigue. He said in his post that he was tested in Monaco.
Organizers said Sunday the exhibition has now been canceled. Djokovic had been scheduled to play Russia's Andrey Rublev in the final.
Besides Djokovic, other leading players participated in the events, including Dominic Thiem in Belgrade and Alexander Zverev in both tournaments.
“We are really sorry, we tried our best to respect all measures, and we did respect all measures imposed by the governments of Serbia and Croatia,” said event director Djordje Djokovic, the younger brother of Novak Djokovic.
“From our side, we did all we could but Grigor is unfortunately positive. At this moment we are organizing all medical services to check all people who have been in contact with Grigor, they will all be tested. I already contacted all players of the Adria Tour, and their families, all of the volunteers, all people involved in organization – absolutely none of them have any symptoms."
He added: “Before he came to Zadar, Grigor was in his home country (Bulgaria), we don’t know if he got the virus there. All of the people who had close contact with him here will be tested.”
Novak Djokovic has initially struck a skeptical tone if he would play at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13.
Some of the sport’s top names, including defending men’s champion Rafael Nadal along with top-ranked Ash Barty have expressed reservations about heading somewhere that was a hot spot for the COVID-19 outbreak. Others expressed an eagerness to return to action.
The U.S. Open normally is the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of each season but would be the second major of 2020, following the Australian Open, which concluded in early February.
