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Associated Press
Jul 10, 2025, 11:51 AM ET
LONDON -- Novak Djokovic canceled his day signifier league astatine Wimbledon connected Thursday, a time aft the seven-time champion had a "nasty" autumn moments earlier clinching his quarterfinal victory.
The 38-year-old Djokovic, who faces No. 1 Jannik Sinner successful the semifinals connected Friday, slid and fell connected his 2nd lucifer constituent against No. 22 effect Flavio Cobolli. He past won the adjacent 2 points to advance.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion's signifier league astatine Wimbledon's Aorangi Park had been scheduled for 1-3 p.m. The All England Club confirmed that the league was canceled.
Djokovic has the enactment to reschedule signifier clip later.
Sinner had likewise canceled his ain signifier league a time aft hurting his close elbow during his fourth-round triumph implicit Grigor Dimitrov. Then helium went retired and bushed No. 10 Ben Shelton successful consecutive sets connected Wednesday.
Djokovic described his tumble arsenic "a nasty fall. It was precise awkward."
"Obviously, (my) assemblage is not the aforesaid contiguous similar it was before, truthful I conjecture the existent interaction oregon effect of what happened I volition consciousness tomorrow," helium said astatine Wednesday's quality conference. "So let's see. I'm hoping the adjacent 24, 48 hours that the severity of what was happening connected the tribunal and what happened is not excessively bad, that I'll beryllium capable to play astatine my champion and escaped of symptom successful 2 days."
