Fakeovic.
Loves the mind games of playing at injury. Remember in the early days he used to be nicknamed ‘SickNote’ and Andy Roddick called him out on it.
Seeing him roar at the end like a demented bear in the empty stadium made me feel physically sick. And then the self serving interview on Eurosport afterwards, quick to stress that it was the “ATP physio” who gave him the muscle tear diagnosis.
Bullshit. Only a scan could deliver such a firm diagnosis.
He will be jumping around like a spring chicken in his next match, having spun the narrative for a few days first.
He really is trying to get people to love him by hook or by crook, and thinks the ‘injured soldier still triumphs’ will do it.
Nope.
In other news, I thought the Thiem/Nick match was magnificent. Great tennis and good attitude.
As a Brit, I have no right to comment on another country’s (effective) pandemic rules, but given that group of people were already gathered in one place, couldn’t 2am be granted instead of having them troop out while play was ongoing?
Definitely served Djokovic, that decision.
Some great WTA matches coming up in the bottom half of the draw.