Tennis coach Brad Gilbert suggested Lorenzo Musetti gave up too easily after withdrawing against Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
Musetti was leading by two sets when he started struggling with his leg and after going 3-0 down in the third, he called for a medical timeout to receive treatment to his groin.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old did attempt to continue but ultimately retired, handing Djokovic what seemed an unlikely path to the semi-final.<\/p>\n
After the match Musetti confirmed the injury was in his right leg and suggested that the pain was only increasing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt there was something strange in my right leg,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, I continued to play, because I was playing really, really, really well, but I was feeling that the pain was increasing, and the problem was not getting away.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end, when I took the medical time-out, to stay three minutes, I sat, and when I started to play again, I felt even more (pain) and was getting higher and higher the level of the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
That explanation though has not sat well with coach Brad Gilbert who hinted that Musetti threw in the towel too quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou feel like, why not wait for the pain killer tablets to kick in? At least play out the rest of the third set,\u201d he said in a video posted on his X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that Grigor [Dimitrov] did it at Wimbledon last year up two sets, but basically missed the rest of the year. You feel like, man, Musetti better be out 6-8 weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cI know he seems a bit gun shy about injuries, but maybe you have to play out that third set.\u201d<\/p>\n For Djokovic, it was an unlikely gift handed to him but his former coach Boris Becker suggested the Serbian would have been embarrassed<\/a> more than relieved at the nature of his progression to the semi-final.<\/p>\n MORE ON T365<\/p>\n Who is Peggy Gou and why was she in Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Australian Open player box?<\/a><\/p>\n Emma Raducanu gets candid advice as Tim Henman reveals how she can match the world\u2019s best<\/a><\/p>\n