Novak Djokovic put it all out there.
The Serbian tennis star posted a breakdown of his injured left-handed hamstring on social media on Sunday after he was booed at the Australian Open when he stopped playing a set in the semi-final. He said in his press conference that he had a torn muscle, but was criticized by fans on Soecial media who questioned how serious the injury was.
Djokovic apparently let the backlash get to him, as he posed Saturday’s MRI photo on X to prove the skeptics wrong.
“I thought I’d leave this here for all the sports injury ‘experts’ out there,” he wrote.
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The veteran tennis star did not offer any additional information, such as the exact diagnosis he may have received or any timetable for his recovery.
Djokovic, 37, stopped his match against Alexander Zverev after dropping the opening set in a tiebreaker on Friday. After shaking hands with Zverev and the chair umpire, Djokovic gathered his equipment and began walking towards the locker room.
Some of the spectators at Rod Laver Arena shortened it. Djokovic gave his two thumbs up before leaving.
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand return to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during his quarterfinal match at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
During his on-court interview, Zverev reprimanded those who booed Djokovic.
“I know everyone paid for tickets and everyone wants to see, hopefully, a great five-set match,” Zverev said. “But you have to understand – Novak Djokovic is someone who has given this sport, for 20 years, absolutely everything with his life.”
Djokovic was injured late in the first set of his previous match, a four-set win over Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
Djokovic finished this match with tape on his left upper leg and had a similar wrap early against Zverev.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia gestures to the crowd during his third round match against Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina at the Australian Open Tennis Championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Friday January 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
“I did everything I could to basically deal with the muscle tear that I had,” Djokovic said during his press conference on Friday.
“Toward the end of that first set, I just started feeling more and more pain,” he said. “It was too much, I suppose, for me to handle at the moment. An unhappy ending, but I tried.”
