Tennis star Novak Djokovic is out of the Australian Open. He defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals and made it to the semi-finals. But in the match against Alexander Zverev on Friday, January 24, he left the match after losing the first set. Actually, Djokovic had become a victim of injury during the match and was looking in a lot of pain. After this he decided to opt out of the match. With this, Zverev got a walkover and reached the final.

Djokovic arrived with tape on his foot

Earlier, Novak Djokovic had also complained of leg injury in the quarter-final match. But after treatment, he was successful in playing the entire match and defeated Alcaraz in a thrilling match. After this, he did not do any practice for the match against Zverev and concentrated on recovery. Despite this, he could not fully recover from the injury. Djokovic arrived for the semi-final match with his foot taped.

Anyone else feeling devastated for Novak Djokovic?

This is not how it was supposed to end. pic.twitter.com/KQ5v1znqa0

– Danny (@DjokovicFan_) January 24, 2025

Djokovic had a good start in the first set. But Zverev made a comeback and won the set 7-6. It was during this set that his injury started troubling him. After a lot of efforts, he completed the first set but he realized that he would not be able to continue the match. Therefore, as soon as he lost this set, he decided to leave the match. Later he revealed that the muscles in his leg were torn.

The audience booed

As soon as Djokovic decided to leave the match. The spectators present there started booing. Fans teased Djokovic, who has won this title 10 times. Let us tell you that earlier in the quarter-finals also, Djokovic had taken medical time out against Alcaraz complaining of injury. Many experts saw this as his strategy. The audience was also angry about this and booed 37 year old Djokovic loudly.