The reality of the former number one in the world, Novak Djokovic It doesn’t seem to be in its best chapter. The Serbian, who has failed to win his first title of the season, having one of the longest droughts in his career, now faces a complex recovery process after the injury he suffered at Roland Garros.
Days before, Nole had already expressed his concern about his physical condition that he had and finally before playing the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam, an injury was detected for which he had to undergo surgery.
“I will do everything I can to be healthy and fit to return to court as soon as possible. “My love for this sport is strong and the desire to compete at the highest level is what keeps me going,” the tennis player wrote after undergoing successful surgery.
Regarding his recovery, Antoine Gerometta, doctor who operated on Djokovic, He commented on the reality he is experiencing in an interview with L’Équipe, giving a less than encouraging outlook.
“We can dream and say that everything will go very quickly. But during the 45 minutes we spent with Novak, his team and Vincent Guillard, doctor of the French Tennis Federation, I was very clear when I said that everything depended on the reaction of his knee”he said initially.
Next, he explained some factors on which successful recovery depends. “By gradually increasing the load, we will see if it remains dry, without inflammation or pain. We will have to see how it evolves day by day.”
Precisely, on Friday, June 14, Nole released a video through his official Instagram account where You can see some exercises that he performs to return to his best physical condition.
However, the doctor assured that: “it is impossible to predict what the state will be in a week or fifteen days. That he will be 100% within three weeks seems unlikely.” Hinting that if he were to participate in Wimbledon, he would not be in the best conditions.
Likewise, it highlights the power and capacity that Novak has had to face this process, making it clear that other people would surely have given up.
“Djokovic was extraordinary. 99% of people would have gone to the emergency room with a locked knee. It is a mechanical blockage and the reality is that it can only be repaired with one operation. That calls into question unfair criticism of him by those who said it wasn’t a real injury, like when he won the Australian Open with an abdominal tear. “He is someone exceptional,” he noted.
Finally, he gave a piece of hope and stressed that everything depends on his body and the evolution of the knee in question. “It is clear that he will try by all means to recover as quickly as possible, but everything must be supervised and controlled.”
