Novak Djokovic should wait a minimum of yet another month, and maybe for much longer, to try to add to his report 24 Grand Slam championships.
The 37-year-old Serbian withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday on account of a proper knee harm he suffered throughout his fourth-round win in opposition to Francisco Cerundolo on Monday. Djokovic had been scheduled to play Casper Ruud on Wednesday.
The 2024 occasion will now be the primary time the occasion at Roland-Garros can have a winner aside from Djokovic or Rafael Nadal since 2015 when Stan Wawrinka took the crown. Djokovic and Nadal have received 17 of the final 19 singles championships on the French Open courting again to the “King of Clay’s” first title in 2005, with the “Joker” profitable three and Nadal taking dwelling 14.
Whereas Nadal’s profession is seemingly coming to an in depth, Djokovic remains to be among the many finest within the sport, however his newest harm may threaten to derail his 2024 season.
In accordance with a report from The Athletic, the French Tennis Federation and Roland Garros issued an announcement stating that Djokovic suffered a “torn medial meniscus” in his knee.
The report added that whereas he was capable of push by way of his spherical of 16 matchup in opposition to Cerundolo on “painkillers and adrenaline, the extent of the issue is just too nice for him to proceed.”
It has been a painful spring for Djokovic, as he was additionally by accident struck by and knocked down by a metallic water bottle following a second-round victory on the Italian Open in Could.
Djokovic may decide to mix relaxation and rehab main as much as the season’s subsequent main (Wimbledon), which begins on July 1, but when he elects to endure surgical procedure, that may virtually absolutely rule him out for the competitors on the All England Membership. Moreover, his try to win his first Olympic gold medal would seemingly have to attend, because the Summer time Video games in Paris start on July 26.
The world No. 1 received his solely Olympic medal in the course of the 2008 Summer time Video games in Beijing, taking dwelling a bronze.
Even the season’s last main would in all probability be out of the query for Djokovic if he goes underneath the knife, because the U.S. Open is scheduled for Aug. 18 to Sept. 8.
