Djokovic Tests Negative for Virus Days After Troubled Tournament

Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena watch a match in Belgrade on June 14. — Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena watch a match in Belgrade on June 14.Photographer: Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images

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July 2, 2020 at 1:37 PM UTC

World tennis no. 1 Novak Djokovic said his second Covid-19 test came back negative after he announced last week that he had contracted the coronavirus.

Both Djokovic and his wife Jelena are now virus-free, according to their polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests, conducted in the Serbian capital Belgrade.