It would be a lie if he claims to have tested positive before the 16th, but as far as I know he didn’t
Why TA accepted the 16th is not Novaks fault, and surely not a lie
maybe they allow some leeway in this regard I don’t know
I don’t see any lies , except rumours he faked the test
The big issues with his positive result is its validity, in the sense of where he got it from, and also why he was moving around in public the days after.
Where he got it from might be important, given that only tests done by state health services are approved for travel in most places. A private test isn’t.
But his movements after resting positive probably can’t affect him in this case, because they’re not proof that he wasn’t positive, you know? That’s an issue for Serbia or Monte Carlo, or wherever he was, breaking their covid laws. It maybe held against him in a tiebreaker though, that he wasn’t taking catching the virus seriously, and he was a potential super spreader.
And of course there’s the timeline issues, given that he had to declare before the tenth, and all the murky background noise relating to who said what, and what was promised him.
It feels like this case hasn’t even been heard yet…