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PARIS (Reuters) – Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta accused Novak Djokovic of dexterity during the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday, as he felt the world’s number one Serbian had no genuine health problems even though he seemed have injury problems.
Djokovic, 33, had his neck bandaged during the Philippe Chatrier court match and his movements seemed somewhat restricted during the first set against the world number 18.
He also called the coach on the court to work on a problem with his upper left arm.
But the seeded man recovered well to advance to the semifinals with a 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 win and later said he had to deal with some physical issues during the first part of his match, without contributing. a lot. details.
“Every time he is in trouble, he usually does, that means that he was in trouble, that he did not feel comfortable and that I was playing at a high level and I was making him doubt himself,” Carreño Busta told reporters in Spanish.
“Every time a game gets tough, he asks for medical help. He’s been doing this for a long time. I already knew. I knew it would happen at the US Open, I knew it would happen here and I know it will continue to happen.
“I don’t know if it’s chronic on his shoulder or just mental, but it didn’t put me off.”
It was against the same player that Djokovic was breached a month ago in the fourth round of the US Open for inadvertently hitting a linesman with the ball.
Djokovic, who is chasing a No. 18 major, looked stiff Wednesday and slammed his racket against his thigh in frustration as Carreño Busta took the first set, the first the Serb lost at this year’s clay Grand Slam.
“I don’t know, maybe it’s the pressure or something he needs to do it. But he still plays normal, right? I don’t know if he really has pain or if he has mental (problems). Ask him,” Carreño Busta said in English.
(Reported by Richard Martin in London and Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; edited by Pritha Sarkar)
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