Djokovic could miss more time due to torn hamstring: report
Novak Djokovic could miss more time away from playing, a report said on Thursday, due to his torn hamstring injury.
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DJOKOVIC COULD MISS MORE TIME AFTER AUSTRALIAN OPEN INJURY, REPORT CITES FORMER PLAYERS
Djokovic could miss more time, a report citing two former players said, after he sustained the injury at the 2025 Australian Open.
Furthermore, Rennae Stubbs and Andrea Pektovic agreed that the severity of Djokovic’s injury could sideline him longer than expected.
Moreover, Stubbs gave an estimated period as to when the Serbian 24-time Grand Slam winner can come back.
“That (hamstring injury) is a nightmare. That is minimally six weeks,” Stubbs said in her and Petkovic’s podcast as reported by The Tennis Gazzette.
“I would say two months, minimally,” she added.
‘NOLE’ COULD MISS DUBAI, DOHA, INDIAN WELLS, MIAMI TOURNAMENTS; FRENCH OPEN RETURN POSSIBLE
The player also known as “Nole” could miss several tournaments, startring from upcoming events in Dubai and Doha in the Middle East.
Moreover, Djokovic is likely to skip tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami in the US.
Furthermore, the most logical return for the former world No.1 may be straight to the 2025 French Open in May.
“Honestly, I have had a lot of MRI pictures to look at and when you can see that obviously that much liquid,” Petkovic said.
But she later clarified that she “is not a medical person” and she can be wrong about her estimated recovery of the 10-time Australian Open champion.
TROICKI, TONI NADAL SPOKE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF MELBOURNE CROWD BOOING DJOKOVIC
Furthermore, Serbia’s Davis Cup team captain Victor Troicki and coach Toni Nadal offer different views of the booing Djokovic received in Melbourne.
Moreover, Trokici described the fans’ attitude to “Nole” as “disrespectful.”
He thought Djokovic played most of his best tennis in Melbourne.
“It (booing) was tremendously disrespectful and disappointing; mocking an athlete during a tournament is unacceptable,” Troicki recalled.
Nadal, coach and father of retired Spanish great Rafael Nadal, understood why the crowd behaved such way.
But he also admitted Djokovic didn’t deserve such treatment.
“I believe that a great champion like the Serbian (Djokovic), someone who has contributed to writing the most sublime pages in the history of tennis, shouldn’t be treated like that when he leaves any court,” Toni Nadal wrote on “El Pais.”
The coach noted there was “a certain mistrust surrounding Novak, due to his grimaces or histrionics, which has raised doubts about the true extent of his injuries.”
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