Former world number one Novak Djokovic is almost certain to miss the 2017 US Open due to an elbow injury.
This was revealed by Serbian doctor, Zdenko Milinković during an interview with Serbian
newspaper Sportski Zurnal.
Djokovic is “99% likely” to miss the US Open according to him and is required to rest for a
period of 6-12 weeks for him to be able to recover completely from the injury.
In his words, the Serbian doctor said: “He has a bruised bone due to excessive playing. He did not have enough of a pause, Novak clenched his teeth and continued playing despite a serious injury.
It was always a big concern for me as his friend.” Said Milinkovic.
“At a certain stage of your career, you’re going to experience these kind of things.” He said
earlier this month.
“Professional tennis has gotten very physical in the last couple of years. It’s not easy to play on the highest level throughout the entire season then be able to do that over and over again every season, and then stay healthy.”
“At the end of the day, we’re all humans.” Dr Milinković concluded.