Novak Djokovic forced to withdraw from French Open after knee injury

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The men’s world tennis No 1 Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the French Open in advance of his quarter-final match with a knee injury

Novak Djokovic, the world No 1 and defending champion, has been forced to withdraw from the French Open due to a torn medial meniscus suffered during his, who was supposed to play Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals tomorrow, has been forced to withdraw from the Roland-Garros tournament,” the French Open organisers said in a statement.Djokovic had been leading by a set on Court Philippe-Chatrier when he slipped on the court and hurt his knee.

“After the third set was done, I asked for more medications, and I got them,” Djokovic said. “That was the maximum dose that kicked in, as I heard now from doctor after 30 to 45 minutes, which was just about the time – kind of end of the fourth – when things started to really improve for me. I started to feel less limitations in my movement. Basically the whole fifth set was almost without any pain, which is great, you know.

The injury also means that Djokovic is a major doubt for Wimbledon, where he is a seven-time champion and finished as a finalist last year, losing to Alcaraz.

 

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