Novak Djokovic has issued a statement apologising for not isolating after testing positive to COVID-19 in December saying that he had felt obliged to do an interview and believed since he was asymptomatic and was socially distanced it would be alright. “This was an error of judgement and I accept I should have rescheduled this commitment,” Djokovic said. “I felt obliged to go ahead and conduct the L’Equipe interview as I did not want to let the journalist down, but did ensure I socially distanced and wore a mask except when my photograph was being taken.” In the statement, posted on Instagram on Jan. 11, Djokovic explained that he’d been at a basketball event in Belgrade on Dec. 14, where numerous people contracted COVID-19 and he then took a Rapid Antigen Test on Dec. 16, which came back negative, and “out of an abundance of caution” had gone to get a …