WATCH: Hit on head, cautious Novak Djokovic ‘comes prepared’ for Italian Open match
1 min readA day after getting hit on the pinnacle, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic got here ‘totally ready’ to keep away from such mishaps. The present world primary employed a somewhat uncommon tactic for a tennis participant whereas he arrived on the Internationali BNL d’Italia event in Rome just lately.
The Djoker wore a biking helmet whereas getting into the stadium. He took to X to share the clip and captioned it: “Today I got here ready.”
For the unversed, Djokovic was hit on the pinnacle, albeit by accident, after his victory on May 10.
The 24-time Grand Slam winner gained in straight units, 6-3, 6-1, in opposition to France’s Corentin Moutet. Djokovic was signing autographs when a bottle fell on his head. Videos of the incident additionally went viral on the Internet.
Fortunately, he wasn’t injured and returned to the lodge later. The Serbian performed the spherical of 32 match in opposition to Chilean-Canadian Alejandro Tabilo, which he misplaced 2-6, 3-6, to crash out of the event.
