{"id":52293,"date":"2025-05-31T01:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52293"},"modified":"2025-05-31T01:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T01:19:48","slug":"update-news-novak-djokovic-gives-update-after-emergency-surgery-for-team-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52293","title":{"rendered":"Update news : Novak Djokovic gives update after emergency surgery for team member"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2F27111612%2FNovak-Djokovic-during-a-press-conference-at-the-2024-French-Open-1320x742.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1080px) 1320px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2F27111612%2FNovak-Djokovic-during-a-press-conference-at-the-2024-French-Open-1320x742.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2F27111612%2FNovak-Djokovic-during-a-press-conference-at-the-2024-French-Open-750x422.jpg 750w, \" alt=\"Novak Djokovic makes 'we're all worried' admission after team member is rushed to hospital\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Novak Djokovic attends a press conference<\/p>\n<p>Two key members of Novak Djokovic\u2019s team were absent from his player\u2019s box during his second-round win at the French Open following a medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-time Grand Slam winner took on Corentin Moutet in the afternoon session on Court Suzanne Lenglen, but physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic and fitness trainer Gephard Gritsch were not at Roland Garros for the straight-set victory.<\/p>\n<p>The reason has now been revealed as Amanovic \u2013 who is also Djokovic\u2019s godfather \u2013 had to be rushed to the hospital to undergo surgery and Gritsch was with him to offer support.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian journalist Sa\u0161a Ozmo explained on X: \u201cAmanovic Amanovic underwent sinus surgery a few weeks ago, and now a complication has occurred. Specifically, there was a nosebleed that could not be stopped by usual means and had to be treated at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic also gave an update after his victory over Moutet<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, Miljan is in the hospital,\u201d he told Sport Klub. \u201cHe had a serious situation and an operation. I wouldn\u2019t want to go into more than that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all worried. He\u2019s fine at the moment, but not ideal. He has to be in the hospital for a few days. We\u2019re all worried. I hope everything will be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanovic is one of the longest-serving members on Team Djokovic as he first teamed up with the tennis great in 2007, but then stopped working with the Serbian in 2017 and later that year Amanovic suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n<h3>Novak Djokovic News<\/h3>\n<p>Novak Djokovic gets huge Grand Slam vote of confidence from former world No 1<\/p>\n<p>Tim Henman makes bold Novak Djokovic Grand Slam prediction as he aims to silence his doubters<\/p>\n<p>He made a full recovery and not long after Djokovic re-appointed Amanovic as his physio, but in 2024 it was announced that the Croatian would no longer travel with him as he wanted to spend more time with his children and also accepted a new role at the Novak Djokovic Academy in Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p>In Dominic Bliss\u2019 book \u201cNovak Djokovic: The greatest of all time\u201d, Amanovic said: \u201cI survived a severe heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was resuscitated four times. Now I can say that it was God\u2019s will in the true sense of the word, because if only one link in the chain of events had not been in place that day, I would probably have left this earthly life. They say that they fought for me for 40 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the physio is back travelling with the former world No 1 and he is expected to be discharged from the hospital in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2023, Djokovic stated: \u201cMiljan is one of the closest people in my life. He has been working a lot these days, always gives his best. I am very grateful to Miljan, it would be a lot harder without him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic attends a press conference Two key members of Novak Djokovic\u2019s team were absent from his player\u2019s box during his second-round win at the French Open&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Update news : Novak Djokovic gives update after emergency surgery for team member - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52293\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update news : Novak Djokovic gives update after emergency surgery for team member - 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