{"id":27807,"date":"2025-02-22T02:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27807"},"modified":"2025-02-22T02:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:15:25","slug":"novak-djokovic-is-faking-injuries-now-off-court-what-a-liar-fans-accuse-serb-of-acting-in-front-of-camera-while-leaving-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27807","title":{"rendered":"“Novak Djokovic is faking injuries now off court”; “What a liar” – Fans accuse Serb of acting in front of camera while leaving Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Novak Djokovic’s knee injury from the Australian Open seemingly flared up in the aftermath of his Qatar Open campaign this week going by a video of him limping that is doing the rounds of social media. Many fans have since undermined the extent of the Serb’s physical niggles, if their reaction to the video is anything to go by.<\/p>\n

Djokovic received a medical time-out for his right knee during his quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz in Melbourne, which ultimately forced his mid-match retirement against Alexander Zverev in the next match. A few days later, the 24-time Major winner revealed to the tennis universe that he had torn his right hamstring as he took to social media to post a picture of his MRI scan.<\/p>\n

Although\u00a0the 37-year-old was expected to be on the sidelines for two months, he surprised fans by entering this week’s Qatar Open. Unfortunately, the former World No. 1 failed to go deep at the ATP 500 tournament as he crashed out in the first round to Matteo Berrettini.<\/p>\n

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On Friday (February 21), a video surfaced on X (formerly Twitter) where Novak Djokovic\u00a0could be seen limping\u00a0at the departures at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, suggesting that his knee injury has worsened.<\/p>\n

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