Novak Djokovic plays on with his abdominal injury
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Novak Djokovic is addicted to continue playing for the Australian open and term it as a “gamble”. The champion is ready to go through all difficulties of his abdominal injury which otherwise could have affected the rest of the season. He is all prepped up to take the risky step. The Serbian player who is an eight-time champion went through a “muscle tear” on Friday as he was stimulating a five-setter against Taylor Fritz. He went off to rod laver arena on Sunday without joining for his training and nursed himself with painkillers so that he can avoid the burden created by Canadian Milos Raonic over four seats and qualify for the quarter-finals.
Djokovic said that he managed a way to win as his pain was tolerable. But he decided not to join training just yet but instead work on taking care of his health for a fast recovery before his last eight class as he is going to play with Alexander Zverev who is the sixth seed.
He said that the medical team told him that the game is like a gamble. When one is on the court, it is so much unanticipated to know what actually is about to happen. He also said that one does not have any time to think about which shot to take or what to do at that point in time. Instead, it is very normal to be pulled in the game and there it feels to give in all effort of one’s own. It can either create a good play and much sensation or it can cause failure and destruction of the moment.
Novak Djokovic declined to clearly speak about his real health problem. He only declared that it was “a tear of the muscle” after the Fritz clash.
The 33 years old is very much aware of his threat from the Zverev. He protected his match without giving Zverev any additional shots to attack him by saying that he is still in the game in spite of being aware of his health risk but don’t want to mention or discuss it. He requested the media to understand the fact that he doesn’t want to surmise too much about it and respectfully acknowledge it.
Djokovic defeated Raonic, which is his 300th at a slam. He is the second player in the history just after Roger Federer who had 362. The Swiss great and Rafael Nadal Conducted the 18th grand slam title on the 20. It continued to keep him on the track to conclude his bid.
Djokovic would have retired from any other tournament other than a grand slam. His craze for winning more grand slams have made him sustain in the play. He is expected to be going through a period of distraction to recover as he continued to play after Melbourne.
He said that he had spoken in details with his medical team as well as the medical team of the tennis Australia of the Australian Open.
