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Novak Djokovic suffered a rare and uncharacteristic loss last week at the Australian Open, when he was eliminated from his favorite tournament by shooting Yannick Sinner already in the semifinals.
Djokovic, the 10-time Australian champion, lost to the Italian after failing to get a single break point throughout the match (for the second time in his career in a Grand Slam match) and looking helpless against the Italian.
However, today (Tuesday) a Serbian journalist claims in a local podcast: Djokovic was ill, and that's why he displayed such poor ability.
"He doesn't look fit," the Serbian "blic" wrote about him, "it turns out that he felt weak, and he didn't have his real fire in the Rod Laver Arena, with all due respect to the fantastic apron."
Didn't go to the doctor because he didn't want a mess.
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According to the journalist, "The day before the semi-final he had a high fever! He had been ill for three weeks, but some virus caught him again. There is a flu that is sometimes stronger, and it was clear that he could not be at his best with such a high fever. He did not want to To go to the doctor, so that the media doesn't make a big deal out of it and publish it, and that's why he looked like that in the first two sets, he was weak and couldn't play."
Djokovic remains number one in the world in the 401st week of his career - 200 more than Rafael Nadal and 100 more than Roger Federer, who is second on the list.
However, he announced that he will not participate in the Dubai tournament, and will only return to Indian Wells.
His gap from second place is 600 points, and if Carlos Alcaraz wins in Dubai, he will narrow the gap to only 50.
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