{"id":267979,"date":"2023-02-03T01:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T02:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=267979"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:58:31","slug":"steak-theory-bins-djokovic-injury-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=267979","title":{"rendered":"'Steak' theory bins Djokovic injury claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A well-grounded case can now be made for Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Australian Open<\/a> boss Craig Tiley<\/a> being wide of the mark about the Serbian champion's hamstring tear.<\/p>\n

Many have been questioning the claim made by Tiley that Djokovic won his 22nd grand slam title despite carrying a three-centimetre tear in his left hamstring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Punters, former AFL footballers and\ufeff media types have joined the debate, scoffing despite not having qualification papers to back up their criticism.<\/p>\n

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But renowned sports physician Dr Peter Larkins has added a dependable voice to the discussion.<\/p>\n

His verdict?\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I'm going to say no."<\/p>\n

That is, Dr Larkins doesn't believe Djokovic won his 10th Australian Open crown with a three-centimetre tear in his hamstring.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tiley had made the claim on SEN radio on Wednesday, triggering a rampant global argument.<\/p>\n

"This guy, I did see \u2014 he had a three-centimetre tear in his hammy," Tiley said.<\/p>\n

"Absolutely, (I saw the scans).<\/p>\n

"The doctors are going to tell you the truth.<\/p>\n

"There was a lot of speculation about whether it was true or not. It's hard to believe what they can do, what they do with those kinds of injuries."<\/p>\n

Larkins suspects Tiley was misled by an MRI.<\/p>\n

"It's rare air we're talking about here," he told SEN.<\/p>\n

"I'd like to see the scan. I heard Craig's comments and he said the doctors were being honest. Well, let's see the scan.<\/p>\n

\"Djokovic<\/p>\n

"I'm wondering if Craig is confusing signal of three-centimetre distance in an MRI hamstring. Signal can mean some inflammation or some swelling; it doesn't mean a tear.<\/p>\n

"It's very hard to imagine. If you take a piece of steak and cut a three-centimetre hole in it \u2014 steak is muscle \u2014 then it's very hard to do the level of performance.<\/p>\n

"I never doubted that Novak was carrying a hamstring injury. It was well managed, I know his team, they're not allowed to talk in detail publicly, but there's going to be speculation unless this is resolved.<\/p>\n

"I think Craig is confusing what might have been an MRI change showing some damage in the area, rather than a three-centimetre split or gap, but it may depend on which area it was in.<\/p>\n

\"Djokovic<\/p>\n

"It looked like it was in the biceps, which is the main hamstring, but it is setting a precedent that is hard to be resolved unless there is something miraculous about Novak."<\/p>\n

Djokovic played the majority of the Australian Open with a heavily strapped hamstring.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old appeared hampered by his hamstring in some matches but looked to move freely and without pain in others.<\/p>\n

He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets in the final<\/a> and regained the world No.1 ranking for the first time since June last year.<\/p>\n

Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are now equal on a record 22 grand slam titles.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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A well-grounded case can now be made for Novak Djokovic and Australian Open boss Craig Tiley being wide of the mark about the Serbian champion's […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267981,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267979\/revisions\/267981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}