'Thought I'd leave this here': Djokovic jabs 'injury experts' with photo of hamstring scan
A day after he retired from his Australian Open semi final, Novak Djokovic has posted to social media a scan of his injured hamstring.
The 24-time grand slam champion posted the picture of the MRI taken on Saturday to X and wrote: "Thought I'd leave this here for all the sports injury 'experts' out there".
He did not offer any additional information, such as the exact diagnosis he might have received or any timeline for his recovery.
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The 37-year-old Djokovic pulled out of his semi final against Alexander Zverev after dropping the opening set in a tiebreaker on Friday. After shaking hands with Zverev and the chair umpire, Djokovic gathered his equipment and started walking toward the locker room.
Some of the spectators in Rod Laver Arena jeered him. Djokovic gave the crowd a double thumbs up before leaving.
During his on-court interview, Zverev chastised those who booed Djokovic.
"I know that everybody paid for tickets and everybody wants to see hopefully a great five-set match," Zverev said.
"But you’ve got to understand — Novak Djokovic is somebody that has given this sport, for the past 20 years, absolutely everything of his life."
Djokovic had been hurt late in the first set of his previous match, a four-set victory against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.
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Djokovic finished that match with tape on his upper left leg and had a similar wrap at the start against Zverev.
"I did everything I possibly can to basically manage the muscle tear that I had," Djokovic said at his news conference.
"Towards the end of that first set, I just started feeling more and more pain," he said. "It was too much, I guess, to handle for me at the moment. Unfortunate ending, but I tried."
