some time the following day so it meant that between his test and getting the test result, he says, that was why he was photographed at a children s tennis event, for example, in his home city of belgrade, but what he also admits is that after receiving that positive test result, he then canceled some events, some appointments, but proceeded with an interview with a french sports publication. a journalist and photographer spent a great deal of time with him, two days after the test. at no point were they told he tested positive for covid. so, his explanations says, on one hand, i didn t know, when i was hanging out with these people, presumably covid positive. but he does admit that he made a mistake and that he did spend time with people just after testing positive to covid and did not tell them that he had done so. that doesn t help his general public reputation here. what he s also trying to do, we re told, is convince the government to let him stay. so, in addition to making these
our decision remains the same, we don t want to discuss it, i m just speculating here, if it s going the other way, where they say, we ve decided to limit the crowds further, blah, blah, blah, let him play i don t know. but listen, djokovic thought that he was clearing things up, but his admissions in his statement made his case even more difficult for him, correct? reporter: yeah, i think certainly in the court of public opinion, absolutely. djokovic admitted that he tested positive, he says that he didn t get that test result for at least 24 hours or more, it was some time the following day so it meant that between his test and getting the test result, he says, that was why he was photographed at a children s tennis event, for example, in his home city of belgrade, but what he also admits is that after receiving that positive test result, he then canceled some events, some appointments, but proceeded with an interview with a french sports