{"id":921087,"date":"2026-10-08T21:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921087\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:46:17","slug":"tennis-legend-novak-djokovic-to-reach-out-to-stricken-jannik-sinner-after-italian-stars-year-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921087\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis legend Novak Djokovic to reach out to stricken Jannik Sinner after Italian star\u2019s year ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic<\/a> plans to get in touch with Jannik Sinner after an injury ended the world No.1\u2019s season, empathising that he knows just how difficult it is to come back after a lengthy lay-off.<\/p>\n

Sinner announced on Tuesday that he will miss the rest of the year due to knee inflammation.<\/p>\n

The five-time major winner has not played since July when he beat Alexander Zverev in the Wimbledon<\/a> final. He then withdrew from the US Open because of a right-knee injury.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI haven\u2019t been in touch with Jannik since he got injured, I just saw the news two days ago,\u201d Djokovic said on Thursday at the Shanghai Masters where he hopes for double success after he beat Alex de Minaur in Beijing on Tuesday for his 102nd career tournament triumph<\/a> at the China Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019ll reach out to him to see how he\u2019s doing, as someone that has been through some major injuries in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

For so long an ever-present on the ATP men\u2019s tour, Djokovic made the decision in late July 2017 to sit out the rest of that year after struggling with acute pain in his right elbow.<\/p>\n

\"JannikJannik Sinner’s season-ending injury has prompted Novak Djokovic to reach out to him. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a surgery, and it was the only big surgery that I had,\u201d the 24-time major champion Djokovic said. \u201cSo I\u2019m aware of how difficult that is making that comeback.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old Djokovic said the process extended beyond the physical healing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen it\u2019s mental, you know. You\u2019re on the court and you\u2019re thinking, \u2018am I really completely healed and free to make this run?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, for him if it\u2019s a knee, obviously it\u2019s affecting everything, it\u2019s affecting every single movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner had already announced he would miss the Shanghai Masters. He\u2019ll also miss the Paris Masters in November and the ATP Finals later that month, ensuring he will definitely lose his top ranking to Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n

Worse still, he won\u2019t be able to play for hosts and three-time defending champions Italy in the Davis Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know for sure that tennis misses him,\u201d said Djokovic, who faces Hubert Hurkacz in the second round in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

Sinner had a 30-match winning streak this year before his meltdown in a second-round defeat at the French Open.<\/p>\n

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