{"id":275434,"date":"2023-01-07T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/07\/novak-djokovic-shakes-off-hamstring-issue-to-down-daniil-medvedev-reach-adelaide-final-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T12:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T12:47:24","slug":"novak-djokovic-shakes-off-hamstring-issue-to-down-daniil-medvedev-reach-adelaide-final-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/07\/novak-djokovic-shakes-off-hamstring-issue-to-down-daniil-medvedev-reach-adelaide-final-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic shakes off hamstring issue to down Daniil Medvedev, reach Adelaide final | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>ADELAIDE: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/novak-djokovic\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_novak-djokovic\" frmappuse=\"1\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> overcame an injury scare midway through his match against <!-- -->Daniil Medvedev<!-- --> on Saturday to mow down the Russian 6-3, 6-4 and storm into the Adelaide International 1 final, where he will take on unseeded American Sebastian Korda.<br \/>In a blockbuster <!-- -->Australian Open<!-- --> warm-up meeting between the two former world number ones it was 21-times Grand Slam champion Djokovic who shot out of the blocks quickest, as he surged to a 4-2 lead in the opening set.<br \/>Djokovic was in some discomfort in the seventh game after hyper-extending his left hamstring while stretching to make a forehand, but he soldiered on and pulled off an exquisite lob before taking a medical timeout for treatment.<br \/>The 35-year-old Serb claimed the opening set and raised his game at 3-3 in the next by producing a blistering return and a smooth pass at the net, before Medvedev surrendered his serve with a double fault on breakpoint.<br \/>Djokovic saved a break point with a 200 kmh second serve before holding firm from there to seal a comfortable victory.<br \/>&#8220;Thankfully it was nothing too serious,&#8221; Djokovic said of his injury in an on-court interview. &#8220;If it was I wouldn&#8217;t be able to continue. 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