Novak Djokovic s'est testé ce vendredi à Hurlingham lors d'une exhibition. Tombeur de Daniil Medvedev en deux manches (6-3, 6-4), il s'est notamment rassuré au niveau de son genou.
Video : Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic
Video : Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic
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00:00I can tell you that I enjoyed myself really, really much today.
00:07Thank you all for coming out, for supporting tennis in this event.
00:12And I can tell you that pain-free tennis is the best tennis.
00:20Were you pain-free?
00:21I was, I was pain-free.
00:25It was a great test, obviously, against one of the best players in the world.
00:29I played a couple of practice sets in the last few days.
00:33I really wanted to come out here to test my knee, to see how I feel, move around, try to stay low.
00:45The ball bounces very low on the grass, especially here.
00:48And the test was very successful, so I'm obviously really glad.
00:52I was about to say, did you pass your own test there?
00:55Yeah, I think so. I think the team will be happy.
00:59It's been an intense three weeks after surgery, spending a lot of hours rehabbing and trying to get myself ready for Wimbledon.
01:11I kind of always wanted to give myself a chance to be in London.
01:15I think my surgeon is here.
01:19What's his name?
01:21He's an absolute legend.
01:24Yeah, he's the MVP, for sure, in the last three weeks.
01:28It's always both.
01:31And also next to him is Jean-Georges, who is both from France, and he's a specialist for the knee.
01:37So they both did a great job.
01:39Thank you so much.
01:42Without them, the whole thing here today wouldn't be possible.
01:48We wouldn't have been playing Wimbledon, so I'm really thankful.
01:51I'm trying to take it day by day, see how far it goes.
01:54Lili, under here, are you Superman?
01:57No.
01:58Who comes back from a meniscus spear and two weeks later is on the court, having already trained this week?
02:05It's just remarkable.
02:06Taylor Fritz.
02:09Two years ago.
02:11Three years ago, pretty much the same situation.
02:14Actually, I had probably four or five days more than him.
02:19He was the first person I reached out to when I found out that he had similar injury and circumstances.
02:28He was very kind to share his journey and really helped out with some of the experiences and some of the advices on how to approach it.
02:36Because it was the first time I had this kind of knee injury, so I asked him.
02:40I asked many athletes, you know, Marinka, Lindsay Wong, Vaska, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
02:47I asked everyone who I know that had a knee.
02:50He got all their phone numbers, right?
02:53Yeah.
02:55And they were all very kind, very kind to share some of their experiences, as I said,
03:00and maybe give me contacts of certain people that can help me out.
03:04So, that's actually how I met John George.
03:07So, that's very nice.
03:09Well, let's go back.
03:10I know you're a busy man.
03:11We just want to say thank you so much for coming back to the Dr. Armani Tennis Classic.
03:15Was it just as beautiful this year as previous years?
03:18Very elegant, very stylish, and yeah, lots of drinking.
03:25But I guess that's part of it.
03:27You know, I hope you guys enjoyed it, and hopefully see you next year.
03:30Thank you so much.
03:34Thank you.