Djokovic could have withstood hamstring injury to claim grand slam, sports doctor says

[HFK]

I am a non-orthopedic physician 4.5-5.0 tennis player who has suffered many hamstring injuries---likely mostly strains/micro-tears rather than large tears. Each time, I have been hobbled for several weeks, depending on my friends to hit balls almost directly to me to limit my movement. From personal experience, I find it hard to believe that someone can compete at the professional level in 3 out of 5 set matches with any significant hamstring tear. How can Djokovic compete (and win) whereas Venus and Alcaraz (semimembranosus = hamstring) had to withdraw from the AO? There are certainly degrees of injuries, but my gut feeling is that Djokovic had a relatively minor injury that was embellished for whatever reason.

Good post.

 

[Silverbullet96]

Former legends of the game are often unbiased than petty journalists, fans, politicians and other parasites.

Yes very unbiased, criticising AO for not letting him play when it was the Australian Government who made the decision.

 

[StrongRule]

Such an irony when the thread is made by a person who thinks Nadal was faking his injury in AO 2014 final. But he blindly believes every time when Djokovic's complains about an injury and ends up winning the title.