The 37-year-old underwent an MRI scan in Paris yesterday afternoon and has been forced to withdraw from today's quarter-final against Casper Ruud. Djokovic’s scan revealed a “torn medial meniscus in his right knee”, which makes the 24-time grand slam champion a serious doubt for Wimbledon. The Championships begin on 1 July.
As a result of Djokovic’s withdrawal, there will be a new French Open men’s champion this week, while Italian Jannik Sinner will become world No 1 for the first time on Monday. Djokovic slipped on court at the start of the second set against Cerundolo, taking a medical timeout as he grimaced in pain. The Serbian played on after taking the maximum dose of painkillers available to him, battling from behind to win in five sets in four hours and 39 minutes.
Djokovic blamed the condition of the court for his injury, insisting the clay was too slippery and should have been swept during the sets by the ground staff. The defending champion took to court barely a day and a half after finishing his thirdround match against Lorenzo Musetti, which also went to five sets, at 3am on Sunday.
Djokovic said after his win over Cerundolo that he had been battling the injury for a couple of weeks but that it had flared up after slipping on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
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