The Serbian Novak Djokovic continues with his particular fight against time to be at Wimbledon. This Monday, he trained for two hours with the Argentine Federico Coria.
Djokovic, a seven-time champion at the Cathedral, underwent meniscus surgery 19 days ago, after injuring his knee in his victory in the round of 16 at Roland Garros against Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo.
Despite the intervention and the prognosis that he would be off the court for three weeks, Djokovic appeared a few days later riding a stationary bike, and later grabbed the racket and practiced on a hard court, an unmistakable sign of his intention to play at Wimbledon. .
After testing the slopes of Aorangi Park this Sunday for the first time, the Serbian returned to the All England Club this Monday to test himself alongside the Argentine Fede Coria.
With Coria, No. 71 in the world and who has not won in his three appearances at Wimbledon, Djokovic trained for two hours and with a pace that went from less to more.
During the first hour, the two players had ten-minute exchanges, followed by pauses of about five minutes, to avoid overloading the Serbian, who wore protection on his knee and another on his forearm, in addition to needing massages on two occasions. your physical trainer on the wrist and forearm.
The pace of training increased in the second hour, during which they ventured to play two tie breaks. In the first and after the tennis players bet the coffee afterwards Djokovic won 8-6, after overcoming a 2-6 deficit, while in the second the one who won was Coria 9-7.
Djokovic, before starting practice, crossed paths in the Aorangi warm-up area with Carlos Alcaraz, his executioner in last year’s final. After greeting and hugging, Djokovic and Alcaraz had a small talk in which the Serbian said he was “testing himself” these days.
Wimbledon will start next July 1, but the draw is this Friday the 28th and if Djokovic decides to participate that will mean that Alcaraz will start as third seed and could face Jannik Sinner or Djokovic in the semifinals.
