"If it was, I wouldn't have been able to continue. Hopefully, tomorrow it will be all fine."
While looking a little proppy on occasion when he returned, Djokovic had the first set in the bag two games later, slamming down an ace to ice what had been an outstanding start to the match.The lanky Medvedev did his best to break back and had two opportunities in the next game, but Djokovic continued to find a way on the crucial points.
His ability to pull out winners when needed had Medvedev seemingly questioning Djokovic's apparent injury, with the 2021 US Open winner appearing at one stage to mock the Serb by clutching his own hamstring. The win was Djokovic's 33rd in a row in Australia since his shock 2018 loss to Hyeon Chung in the Melbourne Park quarterfinal that year.
and defending champion Rafael Nadal struggling for form, Djokovic is now a short-priced favourite to win his 10th Melbourne Park title.
Good that he never took an experimental gene therapy.