After a spate of confirmed cases in the sport, Kyrgios took to Twitter to remind fellow professionals, in his own blunt way, that the COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down tennis is not to be taken lightly.
Nick Kyrgios has condemned the "boneheaded" decision to hold Novak Djokovic's charity event in Croatia after Borna Coric revealed he was the second high-profile player to test positive to coronavirus.
Nick Kyrgios has made his feelings known about plans for tennis tournaments during the COVID-19 pandemic.Coach Marco Panichi tested positive on Monday, Serbian daily Sportski Zurnal reported, quoting Croatia's health institute. The final of the event, which would have featured world No.1 Djokovic and Russian Andrey Rublev, was cancelled as a result.Bulgarian Dimitrov earlier revealed his positive test, having joined Djokovic, world No.3 Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev in competing in Belgrade.
"I want to make sure anyone who has been in contact with me during these past days gets tested and takes the necessary precautions.
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