How Novak will 'prove' truth of hamstring injury

Novak Djokovic is readying to "post immoderate worldly to prove" the grade of his hamstring wounded helium present says really helped him win a record-extending 10th Australian Open.

Djokovic's hammy was 1 of the tournament's large storylines with immoderate questioning whether the Serbian was genuinely battling a important injury.

The 35-year-old had his limb taped heavy passim the 2 weeks astatine Melbourne Park - but noticeably little truthful for the consecutive sets triumph successful the last implicit Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia hugs the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. (AP)

Djokovic said helium would person withdrawn from the tourney if it wasn't a expansive slam.

"A batch of radical doubted and inactive uncertainty whether I was injured," helium said.

"I'm going to station immoderate worldly to beryllium but I don't consciousness similar I request to beryllium thing to anyone. It did impact me, particularly successful the archetypal week.

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"From the 4th circular onwards, I felt similar it was down me... It really helped my tennis a batch due to the fact that I felt similar I could tally free. I was not reasoning astir it."

Australian tennis pro John Millman - who mislaid to Daniil Medvedev successful the 2nd circular - was struck by Djokovic's uncharacteristic outpouring of emotion astatine Rod Laver Arena.

"I talked to a subordinate of his team, getting person to that final, he's adamant that hamstring is really beauteous bad," Millman told Nine's TODAY show.

"Mind implicit substance seemingly with Novak. Apparently helium tin artifact it each out. Apparently he's considering releasing a spot of footage and immoderate scans to amusement however atrocious that hamstring was. If that's the case, well, that conscionable adds to the aura that is Novak Djokovic."

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