Djokovic won Australian Open despite 3 centimetre hamstring tear according to tournament director Craig Tiley

Novak Djokovic's injury has finally been revealed as the Serbian played and won the Australian Open depsite having a 3 cm tear in his hamstring.

Mats Wilander famously dismissed notions that Djokovic was faking an injury in Melbourne and he was right. He truly was injured and the injury wasn't a minor one either. Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley confirmed that an injury was there because he saw it. It was a tear in his hamstring that wasn't minor:

“A lot of the challenges around Novak is that he gets a bad rap. But at the end of the day, I don’t think anyone can question his athleticism. This guy I did see, he had a three-centimetre tear in his hammy. Absolutely (I saw the scans), the doctors are going to tell you the truth. There was a lot of speculation about whether it was true or not, it’s hard to believe that they can do what they do with those kinds of injuries. He’s remarkable, to deal with it extremely professionally.”

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Djokovic himself was bothered by talk about him possibly faking his injury and he promised to reveal the extent of it after the event. Ivanisevic also famously claimed after the event that most players would not even attempt to play on something like this but Djokovic did and he cruised to a trophy.