The Serbian Novak Djokovic It didn’t even take him twenty-four hours to undergo surgery when he learned he had torn the meniscus in his right knee. He left Roland Garros before the quarterfinals and went to a clinic in Paris to fix the problem as soon as possible.
“In the last few days I had to make some difficult decisions after I suffered a meniscus tear in my last game. I’m still processing everything, but I’m happy to inform you that the operation went well,” he said in his public statement.
on June 6, posed with his team with the Eiffel Tower in the background, wearing crutches after being clinically discharged.
The rehabilitation and recovery period is estimated to be approximately three weeks, after arthroscopy and no abnormality was found in the joint. He didn’t set deadlines then, announcing that “I will do everything to get healthy and fit to get back on the courts as soon as possible.”
The calculations invited us to think about its main goal, the gold medal in Olympic Games in Paris, to be played on the clay of Roland Garros from July 26 to August 11. Wimbledonfrom July 1 to 16, is considered too early, as well as the threat of an injured knee, because the grass forces you to continue playing squatting, bending that joint.
But Djokovic, 37 years old, stood at Wimbledon, last week, to exhaust all possibilities to take part in a Grand Slam that he has dominated seven times, whose hegemony was removed in the last final by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
“I will only play if I am in a position to go far and fight for the title,” said ‘Nole’ in London. Has 24 Grand Slam titlesthe effort, as well as the risk, will only be worth it from the point of view of competing for a new trophy.
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraznew king in Paris, and the Italian Jannik Sinner, who wrested the world number 1 from the Serbian, will be his main threat.
However, Djokovic’s ‘miraculous’ recovery for Wimbledon has a trick. He did not rely solely on his own ambition or past experiences where he overcame relevant injuries on the way to a title. It has a trap, and it is exposed.
This was revealed by the American Taylor Fritz which shed light on Djokovic’s contact with him to learn firsthand about the American’s experience, having resolved a similar situation.
He left Roland Garros 2021 in a wheelchair, with a torn meniscus that required surgery, twenty days later he went through two rounds at Wimbledon, eliminating his compatriots Brandon Nakashima and Steve Johnson, giving third place to German Alexander Zverev in a close four-set match.
“I told him how it went. How everything changes in your favor once the swelling in your knee from the operation goes. You regain your strength immediately. If you play, and don’t swell, everything is perfect,” Fritz explained. in the media in his country.
“I left Paris unable to walk, the whole problem goes away when the swelling from the operation goes down. Although for me it’s been a lot going through two rounds, while he wants to be at Wimbledon to win. It’s different to have to deal with a tournament completely, when for me winning a few rounds is already a victory,” Fritz explained.
Novak Djokovic there is a floor. He knew about Fritz’s experience, which was positive. So the Serbian was more encouraged to try the Wimbledon grass.
Source: La Verdad
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