Post by Jep Gambardella on Jul 26, 2017 16:11:30 GMT
Novak Djokovic has quit tennis for the rest of 2017 as he continues to struggle with an elbow injury.
The Serb was forced to retire from Wimbledon during his quarter-final match with Tomas Berdych when a set-and-a-break down and insisted the elbow injury had been troubling him for the last 18 months.
A doctor from his home country claimed he had injured himself further from ‘excessive playing’ and insisted that the 12-time Grand Slam champion would now require up to a 12-week rest period away from tennis.
‘After a year and a half of carrying the injury of the elbow, which has culminated in the last couple of months, I have made a decision to not play any competition or tournaments for the rest of 2017 season,’ he revealed. ‘Unfortunately this is the decision that had to be made at this moment.
metro.co.uk/2017/07/26/novak-djokovic-out-for-the-rest-of-2017-amid-elbow-injury-problems-6807139/
I am not a fan of Djokovic but it's a shame that his health deteriorated to this point.
The Serb was forced to retire from Wimbledon during his quarter-final match with Tomas Berdych when a set-and-a-break down and insisted the elbow injury had been troubling him for the last 18 months.
A doctor from his home country claimed he had injured himself further from ‘excessive playing’ and insisted that the 12-time Grand Slam champion would now require up to a 12-week rest period away from tennis.
‘After a year and a half of carrying the injury of the elbow, which has culminated in the last couple of months, I have made a decision to not play any competition or tournaments for the rest of 2017 season,’ he revealed. ‘Unfortunately this is the decision that had to be made at this moment.
metro.co.uk/2017/07/26/novak-djokovic-out-for-the-rest-of-2017-amid-elbow-injury-problems-6807139/
I am not a fan of Djokovic but it's a shame that his health deteriorated to this point.
