Grigor Dimitrov had rather a lot of fun at the Adria Tour until things got bad. The Bulgarian champion had a great welcoming in Belgrade and Zadar, but then he suddenly didn’t feel great to lose a strange match with Borna Coric 4-1 4-1. Later, Grigor went back to Monaco where he tested positive. The result was that the Adria Tour had to be stopped.
The event received a lot of criticism for the complete disregard of social distancing.
“It’s crazy”
A video that was taken in Zadar in a square packed with children as the Adria Tour was organizing a kids’ day. In the background, talking to Borna, Grigor Dimitrov commented: “This is crazy.”
Then the Croatian explained that the lockdown was already implemented and so…
Dimitrov and co standing in the middle of a big crowd in Zadar (a really nice place in normal times) two days ago. You can actually hear him call it "crazy" and Coric explaining that they did actually go into lockdown. pic.twitter.com/HiHj4BF8po
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) June 21, 2020
Grigor Dimitrov in 2020
Now ranked no.19, Dimitrov played his last match on the 28th of February when he surrendered to Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Acapulco.
Grigor Dimitrov’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Acapulco.
Borna Coric in 2020
Currently ranked no.33, Coric played his last match on the 23rd of February when he was overcome by Christian Garin 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in Rio De Janeiro.
Borna Coric’s best accomplishment of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Rio de Janeiro.
Grigor Dimitrov and Borna Coric have never played each other.
