The Serbian tennis player, who had meniscus surgery after leaving Roland Garros, bet the Argentine over coffee before playing two tie breaks. He was seen with protection on his knee and right arm, in addition to requiring massages from his physical trainer.
After surgery on the meniscus in his right knee, the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic continues its battle against time to arrive at the conditions for Wimbledon, a tournament he won seven times. This Monday He trained for two hours with Argentine Federico Coriawhich in some way served as “sparring“.
Djokovic -recovered second place in the ATP ranking- was injured in the Roland Garros round of 16 battle against Francisco Cerúndolo, but finally left in the run-up to his duel against the Norwegian Casper Ruud.
Despite the intervention and the prognosis that he would be off the slopes for three weeks, Nope He emerged a few days later riding a stationary bicycle, and later picked up a racket and practiced on a hard surface, an unmistakable sign of his intention to play on Wimbledon.
After trying the slopes of Aorangi Park for the first time, The Serbian returned to the All England Club to test himself against Coria, number 71 in the world and that In his three participations in that Grand Slam he did not win a single match.
In the first hour, the two players took turns for 10 minutes, followed by stops of about five, to avoid overloading the Serbian, who wore knee protection and another on the forearmin addition to necessity his physical trainer massaged the affected areas twice.
The pace of training increased in the second hour, where they ventured out to play two tie breaks. At first, and then tennis players they will bet coffee, was imposed Djokovic through 8-6, after raising 2-6while the second is taken Coria through 9-7.
Wimbledon will begin next July 1, but the lottery is this it Friday June 28 and if Djokovic decided to participate to indicate that Carlos Alcaraz He starts as the third seed and could face either Jannik Sinner or Jannik Sinner in the semifinals. Djokovic.
Djokovic’s extreme condition to play at Wimbledon
Djokovic confirmed He will only play at Wimbledon this year if he “goes far and fights for the title”after uncertainties about his physical condition due to knee injury who suffered from Roland Garros less than three weeks ago.
“I’m not surprised. The plan is to try to play Wimbledon, so that’s what I’m doing. That’s why I went to practice and see how it goes. I can’t go into much detail about the knee, but it’s fine. The rehabilitation is going in the right direction every day. Little by little it got better. This gives me hope and the desire to move forward. I still have a week ahead of me, enough time. I will do my best to find out how I am before the draw takes place.“, the Serbian explained to the media present.
Djokovicwho played in the last five finals of the tournament and won four of them – he lost in the last against Carlos Alcaraz -, will know who his rivals are on Friday, when the draw is made.
“I didn’t come here to spend a few rounds. I’ll play if I’m sure. I’ll take it day by day, based on who I am, how I feel and if I can play at my best. If I can’t, I’ll give someone else that chance. I will only play if I am in a position to go far and fight for the title.. I’m not putting myself on the limit, but I hope that happens in the next few days. I will not go here without the permission of the doctorshe commented.
Finally, when asked about his next steps, Nope he said: “I’m not here to play. I have no plans to retire and this is my last Wimbledon, so I want to continue and this year is different, with this injury in Paris. It’s unfortunate, but it’s part of the sport. This was the first time I had a major knee injury., so I deal with it every day, as best I can and with my team members. I have invested a lot of time in the last two weeks in my rehabilitation. Probably more than if he hadn’t been injured“.
Source: Tycsports
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