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Tennis: Hit in the head by a drinking bottle: Djokovic gives the all-clear

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Hit in the head by a drinking bottle: Djokovic gives the all-clear

Novak Djokovic during his match against Corentin Moutet. photo

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Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is hit in the head by a drinking bottle at the tournament in Rome. A little later the Serb reports from the hotel.

Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic has given the all-clear after the incident with a drinking bottle that hit him in the head at the tournament in Rome. “It was an accident and I’m fine, I’m resting in the hotel with an ice pack,” wrote the 36-year-old Serb on X. The world number one was off the bottle after his victory in the Masters tournament against Frenchman Corentin Moutet was hit and fell to the ground.

Videos showed Djokovic signing autographs and a bottle falling on his head. Supervisors then accompanied the 24-time Grand Slam champion from the court. Djokovic thanked X for the many concerned messages.

The organizers of the tournament in the Italian capital announced in the evening that Djokovic had been treated with appropriate medication and had left the Foro Italico to return to his hotel. His condition is not worrying. A statement said that the drinking bottle had probably accidentally fallen on the six-time winner of the tournament and was not thrown at him on purpose.