Novak Djokovic refused to specify the nature of the injury that forced him to seek treatment during the second set of his quarter-final win over Carlos Alcaraz.
Novak Djokovic refused to reveal specifics about the mystery leg injury that he hopes will not stop him from winning a record-extending 11th Australian Open title.
“That kicked in after 20, 30 minutes. It did help, then I had to take another dose, I think, in the beginning of the fourth .“Now that it’s cooling off, I can start to feel different things. Let’s see how it goes tomorrow and day by day .”This is just the latest Australian Open injury drama for Djokovic, who had an abdominal tear in 2021, the aforementioned hamstring tear in 2023, then a wrist issue going into last year’s tournament.
That “hesitation” from the 21-year-old, as Djokovic put it, played into the super Serb’s hands, which Alcaraz rued afterwards.“I don’t know if it was more running to the forehand or running to the backhand, but obviously, he was struggling.“I’m not saying he made a show. I’m just saying that … it’s obvious, and everybody saw it, that he’s struggling in the second set.”
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