Novak Djokovic has one of the most difficult tournaments in the Australian Rollercoaster Open:

Novak Djokovic has one of the most difficult tournaments in the Australian Rollercoaster Open. After one of the hardest tourneys of his career. Novak Djokovic claimed his ninth Australian Open title came with a still ‘not healed’ muscles tear injury and media and public attack. But various obstacles were required to cross, including a 14-day quarantine. I emotionally believe it was one of the toughest tournaments ever, to be honest, I told Australian Channel Nine about Serbian top seed on Sunday.

There were several quarantines in the media and then I misinterpreted the letter I wrote in the form of thoughts and advice for players. The next thing I was here in this country was persona non grata. It was also hard to manage anything and then get wounded in the third round. He added the tear that nearly forced him to pull out from the abdomen. It had an off-road trip. It makes me even sweeter and without a doubt many good things in this tournament. During his third-round fight against Taylor Fritz, Djokovic suffered his injury.

Djokovic’s Victory over Medvedev improved his grasp on the number one world:

He said on Sunday it was an abdominal muscle tear after refusing to reveal the extent of the injury during the tournament. I went for an MRI and it showed a tear, I know people doubt whether there was a tear. But it was a major obstacle and challenge for me. Maybe I have a great capacity for healing. However, I just cope with pills and painkillers and stuff. 

The 9-time Australian Open Champion disclosed that. He spent ten of 14 hours at one level of the physiotherapeutic treatment on the table. I’m going for another MRI. I’ll take some time off, he said, I don’t know how much time it would take. If I want to risk harm and try my best to fight at a tournament. It is a great slam. Djokovic’s victory over Medvedev improved his grasp on the number one world. Marking his 311th week on Monday, surpassing his record of 310.

This monumental number one I have managed to achieve. It looks unreal, but I’m definitely very, very glad and proud of it. He told the audience that he didn’t commit to tournaments until now after Australia. Now, I concentrate on the slams where I want to make myself sparkling. I know the age is a few. But we have to really still see it, I’m no longer 22. So I’ll have to deal with the schedule and the calendar differently. So I can peak on the slams at the right moment.