"I’ve been struggling with that a bit": Djokovic opens up on recent injury, 'cautious' surrounding Australian Open preparation

Novak Djokovic picked up an injury at the Adelaide tennis event where he injured a leg muscle while trying to catch a ball by Medvedev.

The Serbian took a medical timeout and continued the match winning it in two. He also finished out the event winning it but seemed to struggle with it during a practice match in Melbourne a few days later. Ahead of the Australian Open, Djokovic admitted that he is struggling with the injury a bit:

"Well, I’ve been struggling with that a bit, to be honest, the last seven days. Obviously, I’m being a bit more cautious. I’m not going full out on the training sessions, conserving the energy for next week. Hopefully it won’t cause an issue for me then.”

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He also spoke about his return to the Rod Laver Arena calling it emotional:

"I was very emotional honestly coming into the court because, as I said on the on-court interview, with the reception that I received, I didn’t know how that’s going to go like after events of last year."

And added on the chance of winning the event:

“I train as hard as really anybody out there. There’s a lot of youngsters now that are very hungry, that want to win. They want to take a scalp off you on the big stadium. I know that."

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