masterclass said:
Novak Djokovic was a mysterious no-show at yesterday's Madrid Charity event after he had accepted an invitation from Nadal 3 or 4 days prior to the event.
Is his wrist still hurting him? Will he play in the main event?
Or will this start to be like Rafa's 2012 tournament by tournament withdrawal announcements?
I'm sure the tournament directors don't like to announce too soon that one of their top drawing cards won't play.
Or maybe Nole just had something else to do, but it's a little strange that there is almost no mention of him.
If someone knows something more about it, please enlighten us. Thanks.
Respectfully,
masterclass
I am not a doctor and I always subscribe to the idea that a player knows his body better than anyone can tell him. BUT, I really think Nole should have taken another week off. He had the injury just a little more than two weeks ago. He played a couple of games with it, and finally against Roger, it stopped working in the second set. He said at some point after the match that he was afraid he might need surgery , it was that serious (he thought). But later on, it was determined surgery was not necessary.
Ok, great. So in that case one would think you would not hit a ball for a couple of weeks and do a lot of rehab for the soft tissue to repair itself. And then you start with your strengthening exercises, get the arm back in shape, and start hitting some balls (not heavy duty, competition level hitting I would guess). And after 3-4 days of that, you get into serious hitting and try to get some sort of rhythm back.
This timeline , in my none-professional opinion, does not work for him to participate in Madrid. Maybe Rome. And he is defending nothing in Madrid. Why come back now? I don't get it, but again, he must know his health better than anyone.
