LONDON: Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who recently clinched his fourth Wimbledon title after defeating South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3) in the final match, has said that the injury in his right elbow affected him mentally and that he was not patient with his tennis expectations.
“In 2017, the injury of my right elbow was so severe that I was forced to be out from the Tour for six months. The injury was one of the issues; the other big one was any motivation.” Said Djokovic.
“I didn’t have problems to practice and to enjoy the tennis court but I had mental hurdles when I had to compete,” Djokovic said.
“For the past two years, I wasn’t patient with my tennis expectations.
I wasn’t wise in strategising. And I certainly wasn’t clearly hearing my body telling me that there is something serious happening with my elbow.
I was trying to find solutions somewhere else and the solution was always inside of me,’ he added. (ANI)
