Novak Djokovicthe best player in history, breaks records every time he enters a tennis court. His hunger to win is unlimited. Only in this way is it understood that Friday will qualify for the 37th ‘Grand Slam’ final, sixth in a row on the Wimbledon grass.
It has been 17 years since Djiokovic reached his first grand final. It was at the 2007 US Open and he lost to Roger Federer. In that period of time, he only stopped fighting for a major title in 2009 and 2017..
Today he has four more majors than the Swiss and six more finals in the four major racket stages..
On June 4th, The Serbian was eliminated from the Roland Garros quarterfinals due to a muscle tear in the meniscus of his right knee. Hours later, he decided to undergo surgery in Paris, so as not to waste any more time, with the aim of reaching Wimbledon, the tournament he dreamed of winning as a child.
Antoine Gerometta, the doctor who performed the intervention on his knee, confessed on June 6 that “”We can dream and say that everything will go very quickly. But during the 45 minutes we spent with Novak, his team and Vincent Guillard, doctor of the French Tennis Federation, I was very clear in saying that everything depended on the reaction of his knee. That it will be 100% three weeks from now seems unlikely“.
Alarm clock at six in the morning
Djokovic, a tennis player who thrives in the face of adversity, was hesitant to be on the courts of the All England Club. Many people are surprised by the presence of ‘Nole’ in the final 39 days after his intervention. “Has he really had surgery?“, they ask.
The champion of 24 majors He has gotten up every day at six in the morning to begin rehabilitation and accelerate recovery. He plays with a knee brace, but that hasn’t stopped him from achieving his goal. At 37 years old, had not reached a single final this season. He has achieved it in the most difficult place for his knee, the grass of the All England Club.
