Djokovic's injury is the end of tennis that we know: The fate of the sport is in Novak's hands!

Foto: Tanjug/AP

Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka advanced to the US Open quarterfinals by defeating Novak Djokovic, and the news resounded even more loudly as the Serbian retired from the match due to an injury that spells out another break from tennis from him, and a period of recovery.

Djokovic, th current world number one, had to retire from the match in the third set due to a left shoulder injury, which he immediately commented on during the press conference.

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"After a few games I sensed that I might have to end the match. I was thinking I would do it when I lost the second set. I tried a few more games and in the end I still had to do it," Novak pointed out and added:

"This (the injury) is something that has been - at least that's what I have been told - lingering on for some months, the situation only worsened now with certain movements, perhaps sudden movements that have caused trauma in certain parts of the shoulder. Because of all this, something inside happened that I really don't want to talk about. I know people want to know, but I really don't like to talk about injuries, especially when I lose because then it draws attention from the opponent and from what he did."

Photo: Tanjug/AP

This injury has surprised fans in Serbia as well as tennis fans around the world. Thus, Spanish sports daily Marca has a headline, "Djokovic's injury endangers the future of tennis". The Spaniards write that this injury was the last thing true fans around the world needed, and that it could mark the end of the "big three."

They write that this injury is a "guillotine to the world of tennis" because it seemed that only Djokovic was ready to dominate in the coming years in relation to Nadal and Federer. The Spaniards are convinced that should the injury prove to be serious, Novak's withdrawal from the US Open and his retiring from the match with Wawrinka could also mark the end of tennis as we know it because Nadal's form is in a serious crisis, Federer is fighting a battle with age - and the sport "has no prominent successor among the young players."

They conclude that the fate of tennis is in Novak's hands.

(Telegraf.rs)