Tennis worries about Djokovic
“It was as if a completely different player had been in my place”
Status: 13.05.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Novak Djokovic lost the third round match against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo after just 67 minutes – significantly with a double fault
Those: AP/Alessandra Tarantino
So it won’t be enough for the 25th Grand Slam title in Paris. Novak Djokovic’s early exit from the Masters in Rome is a mystery. What role does the bottle that hit him in the head play? After the defeat, he is worried and wants to undergo medical examinations.
Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic suffered a bitter setback two weeks before the start of the French Open and wants to undergo medical examinations. The 24-time Grand Slam tournament winner from Serbia deservedly lost 2:6, 3:6 against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo at the Masters 1000 tournament in Rome on Sunday and was surprisingly eliminated in the third round.
Two days after being hit in the head by a bottle, top seed Djokovic was far from his top form ahead of the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. The 36-year-old made a number of slight mistakes. Tellingly, Djokovic ended the match after just 67 minutes with a double fault on his own serve.
After the defeat, the Serb announced that he wanted to have his head examined. After his win on Friday evening against Frenchman Corentin Moutet, he was hit by a bottle while signing autographs and fell to the ground.
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“Today it was as if a completely different player had been in my place. No rhythm, no tempo, no balance in a shot,” Djokovic said. “It’s a bit worrying.” Immediately after the accident, Djokovic wrote on social networks that he was fine and resting in the hotel.
Tabilo writes a piece of history against Djokovic
The organizers of the clay court tournament in the Italian capital announced that Djokovic had been treated with appropriate medication. A statement said that the drinking bottle had probably accidentally fallen on the six-time winner of the tournament and was not thrown at him on purpose. Video footage showed the bottle slipping out of a spectator’s pocket.
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His opponent, who was ten years his junior, took advantage of the opportunity and played tactically cleverly. Tabilo became the first Chilean since 2007 to defeat a world number one. At that time, Fernando González beat the Swiss Roger Federer at the ATP finals. “This is crazy, I can’t believe it,” said Tabilo, who will now face Russian Karen Khachanow in the round of 16.
