Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds a press conference after winning men's singles round of sixteen match against Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo on day nine of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 3, 2024. Novak Djokovic pulled off another astonishing escape as he beat Argentine 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo in a five-set thriller to reach a 15th consecutive French Open quarter-final on Monday. The world number one shrugged off an injury to his right knee as he came from two sets to one down to outlast Cerundolo 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 after four hours and 39 minutes. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Novak Djokovic has been given a bleak injury update by his surgeon ahead of Wimbledon. The 37-year-old went under the knife last week after sustaining a tear in the medial meniscus in his right knee during a gruelling fourth-round win over Francisco Cerundolo at the French Open.
Djokovic withdrew from the tournament following a scan, handing Jannik Sinner the world number one ranking. Any slight hopes he had of playing at Wimbledon, which begins on July 1, have been tempered by the surgeon who operated on the joint, Antoana Geromete, who has given a detailed assessment of the injury and recovery process.
He told L’Equipe: “In the 45 minutes that we spent with Novak, his team and Vincent Guiard, the doctor of the French Tennis Federation, I was very open that everything will depend on the reaction of his knee. By gradually increasing the load, we will see if it remains ‘dry’ and without swelling or pain.
