Alex De Minaur, his quarter-final opponent, suffered an uncharacteristic injury in his previous match.
Just a month after undergoing surgery for a torn meniscus in his right knee, Novak Djokovic is in the semifinals of Wimbledon. An accomplishment by any standard, but on Wednesday he got a little boost.
Just hours before the quarter-finals at the Cathedral, the Serbian’s rival Alex De Miñaur announced his withdrawal from the tournament due to a surprising injury, suffered on the final point of their fourth-round match of the tournament. Yes, while the crowd was celebrating the Australian’s victory, he was unable to move due to a bad hip movement.
The situation was striking, to the point that many fans immediately wondered if it would have repercussions in their duel against Nole, whom they had beaten in the United Cup at the beginning of the year. Something that finally ended up being confirmed this morning.
In a statement, the Australian player announced that his hip problem would require between 3 and 6 weeks of recovery and that having played in the semi-finals this Thursday could have considerably extended this recovery margin.
“I have to do exercises that don’t further inflame the area, it all depends on how quickly my body recovers. It’s a fairly rare injury, very recent, so they can’t give me an accurate estimate. I applied too much force and when I slipped I felt pain and a kind of cracking sound. “I didn’t have any symptoms of fatigue before,” De Minaur added.
In this way, Djokovic discovers the other side of the coin, after at Roland Garros he was the one who had to be eliminated from the quarter-finals of the tournament due to a torn meniscus in his right knee.
Already among the top four at Wimbledon, he will seek to win his eighth crown at the All England Lawn Tennis Club and his 25th Grand Slam title. The conquest would also break a title drought that extends throughout 2024, leading to one of the most complicated seasons of the Serb’s career, who is defending the final in London. Last year, he lost the definition to Carlos Alcaraz, one of the four players still alive in the third major of the season.
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