Ethe serbian Novak Djokovicwhich has recovered number 2 in the world ranking, continues with its particular fight against time to be in Wimbledon and he exercised this Monday for two hours with the Argentine Faith Coria.
Djokovicseven-time champion at the Cathedral, underwent meniscus surgery 19 days ago, after injuring his knee in his victory in the round of 16 at Roland Garros against the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo.
Despite the intervention and the prognosis that he would be off the slopes for three weeks, Djokovic He appeared a few days later riding a stationary bike, and later took up his racket and practiced on a hard court, an unmistakable sign of his intention to play on Wimbledon.
After trying the clues of the Planet Park This Sunday for the first time, the Serbian returned to the All England Club this Monday to test himself alongside the Argentine Faith Coria. With Coria, number 71 in the world and who in her three participations in Wimbledon has not won a match, Djokovic trained for two hours and with a pace that went from less to more.
During the first hour, the two players performed ten minute exchangesfollowed by breaks of about five minutes, to avoid overloading the Serbian, who wore protection on his knee and another on his forearm, in addition to twice needing massages from his physical trainer on his wrist and forearm.
The pace of training increased in the second hour, during which they ventured to play two tie breaks. In the first and after the tennis players bet the coffee afterwards, Djokovic won 8-6, after overcoming a 2-6 deficit, while in the second the one who won was Coria 9-7.
Meeting with Alcaraz
Djokovic, before starting practice, crossed the Aorangi warm-up area with Carlos Alcaraz, his executioner in last year’s final. After greeting and hugging, Djokovic and Alcaraz They had a small talk in which the Serbian said he was “testing himself” these days.
The Murcian trained for two hours alongside the 39-year-old Swiss Stan Wawrinka, whom he beat first 6-4 and then by the same result in a set that they started at 2-2 to speed up. This Monday was Alcaraz’s last training session with Samuel Lopezcoach Pablo Carreno that has accompanied him, as happened last year, in the week of Queen’s.
