Novak Djokovic trains hard and ‘sees’ Wimbledon
The Serbian champion is recovering quickly after meniscus surgery: could he really play in the Championships?
Signs of absolute recovery for Novak Djokovic, who will try to arrive at Wimbledon and Paris Olympics in the best possible condition. After the arthroscopic surgery he underwent following the injury suffered at Roland Garros, the 37-year-old reacted in a surprising way, as stated by Antoine Gerometta, the surgeon who operated on the Serbian champion. Djokovic was able to walk again without the aid of crutches after a week, and in recent days he has already returned to training.
A video published by the 24-time Slam champion on Instagram shows how Djokovic is already back in the gym, training at an unthinkable pace after this type of injury. Nole appeared smiling and determined, alternating free body mobility exercises, training with some machines and exercise bike sessions. The video ends with the Serbian champion first pretending to limp and then sipping a drink.
However, as Gerometta stated, the chances that the Serbian will reach the Slam on grass 100% are really low. The surgeon who carried out the operation declared himself impressed by the Serbian tennis player’s threshold. Regarding the extent of the injury, however, he preferred to remain cautious: “I was transparent with the team and with Novak, it will depend on how his knee reacts.”
The 24-time slam champion will have to defend the 1200 points obtained in the last edition, when he surrendered to Carlos Alcaraz in one of the most spectacular finals in recent years. However, the curiosity remains to find out in what condition he will arrive (if he decides to play) at the third Major of the year and if he will be able to land yet another shot in his incredible career. So, Djokovic’s recovery from the medial meniscus injury in his right knee that forced him to withdraw from Roland Garros before the quarter-finals against Casper Ruud continues at surprising speed.
Roger Federer rips early morning doping tests: “That hour of your life goes away”
The legendary Swiss revealed how even taking doping tests early in the morning had become something that continually took up time
Anti-doping tests are a bastion of regularity in sports competitions but can often cause discomfort in athletes, who have to waste a lot of time in order to be tested. Roger Federer, for example, has been tested many times in his career and, like him, all the other top players. Drug tests are often done early in the morning, such as 7:00 am; it would certainly be an inconvenience for anyone, especially because these checks arrive unexpectedly and at inconvenient times.
The Swiss Maestro talked about it in a recent interview with People, explaining how, now that he has retired, his doorbell will no longer ring at 7:00 in the morning to wake him up for doping tests which, in the end, they had become rather cumbersome in the already busy life of the Swiss champion.
“We have to do drug tests all the time, and let’s set aside an hour out of our day. And they would come every day, so you would wake up and know in the back of your mind that someone is going to come to test you on your pockets, and so that hour of the your life goes away. So now it’s like, finally, no one’s going to ring the bell at 7 in the morning to come and test me. All those little things like that, they piled up and eventually became pretty big things what you don’t see about being a professional and what may not seem like work is actually a lot of work is obviously the constant media, but also the drug tests,” he explained.
Meanwhile, in an interview with the BBC, Federer talked about Andy Murray’s possible retirement at Wimbledon.
The Swiss expanded his discussion by also extending it to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. The 20-time Slam champion, as a fan, hopes that the three can play for as long as possible.
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