'Steak' theory bins Djokovic injury claim

A well-grounded lawsuit tin present beryllium made for Novak Djokovic and Australian Open brag Craig Tiley being wide of the people astir the Serbian champion's hamstring tear.

Many person been questioning the assertion made by Tiley that Djokovic won his 22nd expansive slam rubric contempt carrying a three-centimetre teardrop successful his near hamstring.

Punters, erstwhile AFL footballers and media types person joined the debate, scoffing contempt not having qualification papers to backmost up their criticism.

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But renowned sports doc Dr Peter Larkins has added a dependable dependable to the discussion.

His verdict?

"I'm going to accidental no."

That is, Dr Larkins doesn't judge Djokovic won his 10th Australian Open crown with a three-centimetre teardrop successful his hamstring.

A starring sports doc has added a dependable dependable to the Novak Djokovic wounded debate, casting uncertainty implicit speech of a three-centimetre teardrop successful the Australian Open champion's near hamstring. (Getty Images)

Tiley had made the assertion connected SEN vigor connected Wednesday, triggering a rampant planetary argument.

"This guy, I did spot — helium had a three-centimetre teardrop successful his hammy," Tiley said.

"Absolutely, (I saw the scans).

"The doctors are going to archer you the truth.

"There was a batch of speculation astir whether it was existent oregon not. It's hard to judge what they tin do, what they bash with those kinds of injuries."

Larkins suspects Tiley was misled by an MRI.

"It's uncommon aerial we're talking astir here," helium told SEN.

"I'd similar to spot the scan. I heard Craig's comments and helium said the doctors were being honest. Well, let's spot the scan.

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"I'm wondering if Craig is confusing awesome of three-centimetre region successful an MRI hamstring. Signal tin mean immoderate inflammation oregon immoderate swelling; it doesn't mean a tear.

"It's precise hard to imagine. If you instrumentality a portion of steak and chopped a three-centimetre spread successful it — steak is musculus — past it's precise hard to bash the level of performance.

"I ne'er doubted that Novak was carrying a hamstring injury. It was good managed, I cognize his team, they're not allowed to speech successful item publicly, but there's going to beryllium speculation unless this is resolved.

"I deliberation Craig is confusing what mightiness person been an MRI alteration showing immoderate harm successful the area, alternatively than a three-centimetre divided oregon gap, but it whitethorn beryllium connected which country it was in.

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"It looked similar it was successful the biceps, which is the main hamstring, but it is mounting a precedent that is hard to beryllium resolved unless determination is thing miraculous astir Novak."

Djokovic played the bulk of the Australian Open with a heavy strapped hamstring.

The 35-year-old appeared hampered by his hamstring successful immoderate matches but looked to determination freely and without symptom successful others.

He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas successful consecutive sets successful the final and regained the satellite No.1 ranking for the archetypal clip since June past year.

Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are present adjacent connected a grounds 22 expansive slam titles.

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