Djokovic was injured on Wednesday in the quarter-final, at the very end of the match against Flavio Cobolli, on an uncontrolled “bad slide”, he said after this match.
“But I don’t want to speak in detail about my injury and lament,” he said on Friday evening. “I want to congratulate Jannik”, who is about to play his first final in Wimbledon against the double holder of the title Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) at 23 years old.
Forced to abandon in the semi-finals of the Australian Open in January due to a muscle tear in the left thigh, the Serbian judged that it was not “bad luck”, but rather injuries linked to “the age and wear of (its) body”.
“Reality catches up with me like never before, it’s difficult to accept for me,” he sighed in front of a packed room. “When I am fresh and healthy, I am still able to play a great tennis. But playing matches at the best of five sets was a real difficulty for me this year,” he recognized.
In the last square of the Grand Chelem, he pointed out, “I have to face either Sinner or Alcaraz. These guys are young, healthy”.
“I accept it, I try to get the most out of the situation.”