Nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic reportedly reduce quick a apply match towards Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday due to a left hamstring concern, 5 days earlier than the Grand Slam.
The Serbian famous person is again in Melbourne after his deportation final yr however required remedy after which ended the knock-about with the Russian after dropping the primary set.
The session at Melbourne Park was purported to final 75 minutes however was as an alternative curtailed after simply over half an hour as a precaution, the ABC and 9News Melbourne reported.
“It’s the hamstring that I had problems with in Adelaide last week,” Djokovic stated, based on 9News.
“I just felt it pulling and I didn’t want to risk anything worse. I played a set and apologised to him (Medvedev) and he was understanding.
“I just want to avoid any bigger scares before the Australian Open,” he stated.
Djokovic, who gained the Adelaide crown on Sunday regardless of the lingering hamstring concern, is scorching favorite to triumph in Melbourne as soon as once more.
The 35-year-old is meant to play Nick Kyrgios in a re-run of final yr’s Wimbledon ultimate on Friday in entrance of a full home at Rod Laver Arena in one other apply match.
Djokovic, one of many best males’s tennis gamers of all time with 21 main crowns, was deported from Australia a yr in the past over his stance on Covid vaccines.