NEW TWIST IN DJOKOVIC TEST SAGA

FURTHER doubts have emerged over the pre-Christmas positive Covid test that Novak Djokovic used as a premise to enter Australia this month. An investigation by the BBC has backed up the report from German research group Zerforschung which suggested that it may not have occurred on December 16 as claimed. using tests taken around that time from staff based in Belgrade and a Serbian scientist, the broadcaster has tallied up the confirmation codes and compared them to those submitted by the world No 1. The findings are in line with the German research, which suggested that the positive test took place after Christmas. Having compared Djokovic’s test with 56 others, the player’s sequenced number is the only outlier, and it would appear to correspond with the test having been carried out between December 25 and 28. Djokovic hasn’t gone into detail about how events unfolded after December 16, although he has referred to some ‘misinformation’ in reports. The 34-year-old’s representatives did not respond to requests for comment.