A week after knee surgery, Novak Djokovic’s recovery is progressing faster than expected. So much so that the Serbian media are sure: his incredible participation in Wimbledon, which begins on July 1st, is not impossible.
The former world number one has posted videos where he is already walking without crutches and working hard in the gym. “Progress”, wrote the seven-time winner of the Championships on social media, smiling between one exercise and another, with a plaster on his right knee, the one that ended up under the knife due to a partial tear of the meniscus. In short, the first step of the rehabilitation process seems to be going more than well. “I will do everything to get back on the pitch as soon as possible,” said Nole. The thirty-seven-year-old’s goal is to arrive in perfect shape at the Paris Olympics, which will be played on the red clay of Roland Garros from 27 July, the only title missing from the Serbian’s endless showcase, but at this point it cannot be exclude incredible surprises.
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Djokovic was injured in the round of 16 of the Parisian slam against the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, in a match later won in the fifth set. It was June 3, so if Nole were to take the field at Wimbledon, he would do so less than a month after knee surgery and without any preparation on grass. This wouldn’t be a big problem for Djokovic, given that in the past he played (and won) the London tournament without having participated in green tournaments before Wimbledon. Not even the surgeon who operated on him, Antoine Gerometta, ruled out a miraculous recovery. On the contrary. Speaking to the newspaper l’Equipe, the French doctor said he was amazed by how Djokovic is dealing with the injury, stating that “99% someone else, in his place, would have run away to the emergency room, rather than finish a match and win ”. Gerometta also added, however, that “making predictions is impossible and will have to be evaluated day by day, we cannot know how the knee will react in one, ten or fifteen days. Obviously at Wimbledon he wouldn’t be 100%.” Just the fact that it’s being talked about and that seeing Djokovic on the court in London is a possibility, however, is in itself incredible. After all, if there is one thing that everyone has learned, the opponents first and foremost, in the last 15 years, it is to never underestimate Nole.
