Novak Djokovic has admitted he could be forced to take an extended break from the sport after his Wimbledon hopes were ended by injury during his quarter-final against the Czech Tomas Berdych. The three-time champion, who had looked to be back near to his best in the opening week, was trailing 7-6 (2), 2-0 when he called it a day, having had treatment to his right elbow at the end of the first set. It was a disappointing end to what had been a much-improved tournament for Djokovic after months of below-par outings but he may now have to miss the US Open and perhaps even longer to put right an injury which he said has been bothering him, on and off, for 18 months. ?? “The specialists that I’ve talked with, they haven’t been really too clear, mentioning surgery, mentioning different options,” said Djokovic, who later said in Serbian that the break could be longer than he has ever taken before. “Nobody was very clear in what needs to be done. As long as it kind of comes and goes, it’s fine. But adding up, maybe it worked for seven, eight, 10 months, but now the [last] seven months is not working that great. Obviously it’s adding up more and more. The more I play, the worse it gets. I guess the break is something that I will have to consider right now.” Andy Murray: ‘I knew I wasn’t going to do any major damage to hip by playing’ Read more Djokovic, who said the pain was worst when serving and hitting forehands, said he would talk to doctors about how best to deal with it. “I haven’t felt this much pain ever since I’ve had this injury. So it’s not a good sign. Obviously the schedule will be readjusted. I’m not thinking too much ahead because I’m not able to play. I’ll try to understand everything that goes around and we’ll see where I can play next.” Djokovic said he had been feeling discomfort from the beginning of the tournament but having also had to play on Tuesday because of the rain-delay that postponed his fourth-round battle, he had little time to recover. “It was only getting worse,” he said. “Unfortunately today was the worst day. Probably the fact that I played yesterday, kind of days adding up, as I’ve said before, it wasn’t helping at all.” It was only
Adidas RAdidas eilly Smith Authentic Jersey the third time in 28 matches that he has failed to beat Berdych and the No 11 seed, the runner-up here in 2010, will now play the seven-times champion Roger Federer for a place in the final. Berdych didn’t face a single break point on his serve and after taking the tiebreak 7-2, Djokovic immediately took a medical timeout. The break didn’t help as Berdych broke serve to lead 2-0 and that was enough for Djokovic as he decided not to continue. Advertisement It was in Paris last month that Djokovic was asked if he thought he needed a break from the sport to get his motivation back. Now the decision may now be taken out of his hands. If he requires surgery, he will almost certainly miss at least the US Open next month. “It is really hard to swallow, when you have to retire, especially when you’re playing well,” the 30-year-old said. “I was playing really well, I thought, probably the best tennis I’ve played in the last 10 months or so. I played great. I didn’t drop a set in Eastbourne [in the warm-up event] or coming into the quarter-finals today. I felt really good on the court. Having dominated the game between 2013 and 2015, Djokovic agreed that the efforts of trying to stay at the top, as with Andy Murray, were beginning to take their toll. “It could be,” he said. “We both had a very long, very tough year, a lot of matches, a lot of emotions, a lot of things in play. Our bodies have taken a lot physically. “It’s not easy to kind of play on the highest level throughout the entire season, then be able to do that over and over again every season, and then
http://www.authenticfloridapanthers.com/authentic-reto-berra-jersey stay healthy. At the end of the day, we’re all humans. We’ve got to go through these stages.” In 2010, Berdych beat Federer and Djokovic to reach his only grand slam final. Now, he’ll try to do it again, in reverse order, having lost to Federer at the Australian Open and again in Miami this year. “I thought that the match we played [in Melbourne], I have probably never seen him playing better tennis, that’s true,” he said. “Then I played him in Miami, I almost beat him, had a match point. Now for the third one, hopefully the luck [will be] for me.” Cilic beats Muller in straight sets Every now and again, Marin Cilic puts his head above the parapet and when he does he is a genuine contender. The Croat did it at the US Open when he won his first grand slam title in 2014 and on Wednesday, his 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 win against Gilles Muller of Luxembourg put him into the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time. Wimbledon quarter-finals: Murray falls to Querrey, Djokovic forced to retire, Federer beats Raonic - as it happened Game-by-game report: Roger Federer was the only member of the Big Four still standing after Andy Murray hobbled to a five-set defeat to Sam Querrey, who will play Marin Cilic, and Novak Djokovic retired injured agains
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http://www.officialdallasstars.com/Adidas-Craig-Hartsburg-Jersey said. “Hopefully it won’t be the longest one ever. Sam has an amazing serve and has been playing well this season. It’s definitely going to be a hard one, but I’m just going to try to get ready.” Advertisement Muller began the match in superb style, breaking Cilic in the seventh game thanks to a stunning forehand and broke again two games later to take the set, the first the Croat had dropped in the tournament. The left-hander yielded just one break point in the first two sets – at 6-5 in the second – and for long periods Cilic was just hanging in there, looking for something to happen. The tiebreak proved to be the pivotal moment of the match, with Cilic taking it 8-6 to level, before breaking once in the third to go up two sets to one. As he had done throughout the tournament, Muller came up with brilliant serving when in trouble and as Cilic missed his chances, the 34-year-old took his, breaking for 6-5 and serving out the fourth set. But when he was broken for 2-0 in the decider he looked physically spent and Cilic ran away with it to take his place in the last four. Muller said the break at the start of the fifth had been crucial. “It was kind of
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