The return of Djokovic after two years of suffering

Novak Djokovic is favorite in Sunday's final at Wimbledon. (Photo: Neil Hall / EPA)

The fitness level of over 30 years was put to the test in the semifinals. Kevin Anderson defeated 33-year-old John Isner in 6:36 hours 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7, 6: 4, 26:24, and Novak Djokovic, 31, was 32 years old. Rafael Nadal, aged 5 to 15 hours 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6, 3: 6, 10: 8. The match had to be interrupted on Friday at 11 pm local time, and dragged for two days [19659007] Anderson then circulated in social networks, a photo that shows him sitting in an ice bath. Djokovic joked on his way from the courtyard to the cabin, hoping to be able to leave both on Sunday in the final. Statistics and experience speak for the Serbian: he lost his first encounter with Anderson in 2008, but he then won five times in a row – three years ago in the round of 16 on the way to his last title at Wimbledon.

Djokovic is already before the final something like the winner of this year's Wimbledon tournament. After two difficult years, where he sometimes barely put one foot on the other, he is back in a grand finale. "When I think back to what I have experienced, it is extraordinary for me to be back in the final," Djokovic confides. There had been moments of frustration and disappointment in which he had doubted and wondered: does it really make sense to continue? "But if I was not sure of reaching my best level, I would probably be stopped."

The Djokovic event began at the height of his career when he won the first title at Roland Garros in June 2016 his collection of Grand Slam titles is over. He fell into a hole, had trouble motivating himself. There were also problems with the bend of the punch arm. Half a year, he tried to cure the curator. Back at the Australian Open when he returned in January, he decided to have surgery in a clinic in Basel.

Djokovic is back with his former coach Marian Vajda, who has been taking care of him since his childhood and is retiring from his crisis a little over a year ago. . The 53-year-old Slovak has a significant share in the successful return. Although he loses the glamor that brought Boris Becker, then Andre Agassi into the box of players, he probably knows Novak Djokovic better than most others.