WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic canceled his afternoon observe session at Wimbledon on Thursday, a day after the seven-time champion had a “nasty” fall moments earlier than clinching his quarterfinal victory.
The 38-year-old Djokovic, who faces No. 1 Jannik Sinner within the semifinals on Friday, slid and fell on his second match level towards No. 22 seed Flavio Cobolli. He then received the subsequent two factors to advance.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion’s observe session at Wimbledon’s Aorangi Park had been scheduled for 1-3 p.m. The All England Membership confirmed that the session was canceled.
Djokovic has the choice to reschedule observe time later.
Sinner had equally canceled his personal observe session a day after hurting his proper elbow throughout his fourth-round victory over Grigor Dimitrov. Then he went out and beat No. 10 Ben Shelton in straight units on Wednesday.
Djokovic described his tumble as “a nasty fall. It was very awkward.”
“Clearly, [my] physique is just not the identical as we speak prefer it was earlier than, so I assume the true affect or impact of what occurred I’ll really feel tomorrow,” he stated at Wednesday’s information convention. “So let’s have a look at. I am hoping the subsequent 24, 48 hours that the severity of what was taking place on the courtroom and what occurred is just not too unhealthy, that I am going to be capable of play at my finest and freed from ache in two days.”