Djokovic's injury admission as Alcaraz accused of mocking legend
really injured?
Site's a fair dinkum question that's been raised repeatedly throughout the Serbian champion's illustrious career on the tennis court.
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And wouldn't you know it? Fans are once again questioning the fitness of the 37-year-old as he prepares for a semi final showdown with Alexander Zverev.
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The old-timer appeared to have been legging it in the final part of the performance, and then took a break to get some treatment.
Carla began to lose momentum all through the second set and then Djokovic ended up dominating the competition to win in four.
It was during the fourth set that eagle-eyed spectators and commentators spotted Alcaraz grabbing at his own leg and hobbling around as Djokovic sat down at a change of ends.
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The young Spaniard was accused of essentially sledging his opponent, a sign of frustration that Djokovic's injury wobbles had taken the focus off him.
"You can see the stress, he's kinda hobbling around … and he gets up and has another go," commentator James Blake said in Australia.
He's seeming right as rain, just putting on an act like he's had a bit of an injury.
Fair dinkum, John McEnroe had a ripper of a comment, saying, "That's what I would do... If I was playing (Djokovic), I'd be like Novak right now"
Djokovic claimed he would have retired from the match if he'd gone down in the second set.
While he refused to spill the beans on his injury at the post-match press conference, Djokovic said his medical timeout gave him an advantage by throwing Alcaraz off his game.
"Fair dinkum, I caught a glimpse of it. I reckon I can use that to my benefit, in a way, to take the bull by the reins and use the rallies against him when he's hesitant," Djokovic said.
G'day, he was giving it a fair crack at some point with a few dropshots and trying to make me leg it. I've been in similar situations too, where the bloke's struggling with an injury, but he's managing to keep going. The opponent's going for broke, and then he's still hanging in the match. Then all of a sudden, as the match wears on, the bloke starts feeling a bit more right as boats. You start getting a bit worried about your game at that point.
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https://twitter.com/TheTennisLetter/status/1881689634125869482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/theslicestephen/status/1881703604035416359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"I understand the feeling.
Fair dinkum, I feel for him. I understand it's not exactly easy playing bloke you're not sure if he's gonna retire or not. Is he shifting house? Is he running off? What's going on?
I felt like he was staring right at me more than he was staring at himself.
The same was said of Tomas Machac when Novak Djokovic went crook during their third-round match before winning in straight sets.
Alcaraz was not too fussed about the press conference and said he was worried about the distractions caused by the Djokovic drama during the match.
Gazam I felt like I was in control the whole game, and I let him get back into it. I reckon the biggest blunder I made today was that, to be honest.
"I reckon most people would've noticed in the second set that he was having a bit of a job moving around real smoothly. Then the
I didn't notice him doing anything wrong.
Aren't saying he created a show, I'm just saying, to be honest, it was pretty clear in the second set that he was really struggling. But from the third and fourth sets, I reckon he was back to being pretty good.
Djokovic will face off against German ace Zverev for a place in the final.
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