The debut of Novak Djokovic at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia had been relatively calmwith the 6-3 6-1 with which he got rid of the Frenchman Corentin Moutetwho is also such a particular character that he doesn’t turn off the alarm on his phone and let it ring while the game is in progress.
The incident occurs at the moment in which Djokovic is leaving the courtafter signing autographs for several minutes. When he is about to enter the tunnel that leads to the changing rooms, Nole falls to the ground, hit by a plastic water bottle coming from the stands. The world number 1 collapses and he is immediately helped by the security personnel, who immediately start looking for the perpetrator of the gesture and try to reconstruct the dynamics.
A first video, posted on a water bottle is seen falling from abovewith Nole on the ground, who leaves the field bleedingafter having also been joined by the doctors and the tournament supervisor.
It doesn’t seem like a violent trajectory, but the fact is Djokovic is bent on the ground, with his hands on his head. «Novak Djokovic was hit on the head with a water bottle when he was leaving the Central Court at the end of his match while he was signing autographs for the spectators. He has been subjected to the necessary medications, he has already left the Foro Italico to return to the hotel, his condition does not cause concern.”
This is the first note from the management of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, which however anticipates another video, shot from the opposite side of the entrance to the changing rooms: a fan is seen leaning towards Djokovic and lose the water bottle from the backpack left carelessly open. Water bottle which, unfortunately, falls right on Djokovic’s head: unfortunately for him he was hit squarely by the involuntary fall of the water bottle but always loved by the Romans. On Sunday, after the scare, he will return to the field against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.
