According to the physical trainer of the world number 1, Novak Djokovic should play the Dubai tournament, from February 27. The Serb is also part of the committed.
Five times winner of the event, Novak Djokovic will seek a sixth title in Dubai, from February 27 (until March 4). The Serb crowned in Melbourne last month for the tenth time in his life should indeed be part of the participants in the tournament, if we are to believe the confidences of his physical trainer during an Instalive. The “Djoker”, again world number 1 after his success in Australia, for his return to Australian soil two years later, was part of the entries for the Dubai tournament, which he won in 2020, 2013 as well as three years of later, between 2009 and 2011. However, his injury contracted in Melbourne at the start of the tournament could not ensure that he could respond. Especially since the Serb had not hidden his concern after feeling a pain in the left hamstring, which had followed him until the end of the tournament, without preventing the master of the place from triumphing in a Rod Laver Arena where many “GOAT” supporters had gathered, including many Serbs.
Djokovic hasn’t appeared since the Australian Open
Marco Panichi, Novak #Djokovic’s fitness coach, said during an Instagram live that he is coming tomorrow to Belgrade to prepare for the next tournament. Probably means that Djokovic is close to playing in Dubai.
— Saša Ozmo (@ozmo_sasa) February 12, 2023
“I am worried, and I have reason to be,” Djokovic admitted, without wanting to say more about the illness he was really suffering from. “The situation regarding my injury is not ideal, but I do not want to go into details”, added the Serbian champion, already crowned in Melbourne in 2021 when he suffered from the third round of an abdominal tear. Just as he recovered quickly two years ago, it seems that the Belgrader is also on his feet again and his injury from last month is just a bad memory. On Sunday, during a live on Instagram, his physical trainer Marco Panichi indicated that he would start Monday with his protege the preparation for Djokovic’s next competitive outing. The first since his tenth coronation in Melbourne for the Serb, who has since disappeared from the radar but who should therefore be found in Dubai at the end of the month.
