Wimbledon, that begins in under two weeks time.
“When I did it I couldn’t even walk. People are different. It’s the same actual injury. It really comes down to the level of inflammation,” said Djokovic. “You pretty much have your full strength immediately [after surgery]. It’s more just the inflammation from the surgery. As long as you can get that down and start playing without it puffing up again, you’re actually going to be fine to play.”
The world No.12 continued, “I was doing three-four hours of PT [physiotherapy], a lot of icing, trying to stick to a diet which was not going to cause extra inflammation because I was real determined to play Wimbledon.
“But for me it was a little bit different. If Novak goes to Wimbledon he wants to be there to win. Playing a whole tournament is different than me at the time going there. I was going to be a low seed anyway. Winning a couple of rounds was a solid result for me.”
Djokovic has under a fortnight to prepare for Wimbledon, that gets underway on Monday 1st July.
There has been some promising news for Djokovic this week, after he was announced as part of Serbia’s team for his fifth Olympic Games.
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