After his retirement in the quarter-finals of the Sydney tournament against Australian Open, the path of the Italians: Sinner with Tsitsipas”>Andy Murray because of a strain on the back of his left knee, David Goffin returned to training this Sunday and hopes to be in top form on Tuesday for his debut at the Australian Open against Dan Evans.
“My knee, finally it’s okay. I was a little scared in Sydney because pains came on all of a sudden, maybe on a bad move. I don’t know what I did in my match against Kudla. When hot, I was able to finish without any problems. In the evening and the next morning I felt something so I was treated. The next day I was a little scared with this stretch behind the knee. This Sunday I played tennis again for an hour after a bit of physics and it went well. I still have this Monday to prepare myself well. It should be good for my game on Tuesday. Until then we’re going to go crescendo in the work, I’m not going to do anything. I hope it holds and I can play hard against Dan Evans. Everything looks OK for Tuesday.”
Like all players on the circuit, the Liégeois has followed the Novak Djokovic saga, without being interested in it more than that.
“The Djokovic affair was the soap opera of the last ten days, we only talked about that and each day brought its rebound. I didn’t really know all the details of the case, I didn’t follow every element of this story in depth. I saw the headlines every day. Once he could stay in Australia, another time he had to leave. As a player, we were waiting to see if this would have an impact on the table with changing seeds. We talked a lot about this and finally the decision was made. Either way, we knew it would be a shock decision. Whether he plays or he doesn’t, that’s a big headline. Finally it does not surprise me that he cannot play but it would have been the same thing otherwise. With other players we just thought the final decision would come sooner. That it wouldn’t be such a saga. The Australian government has made its decision and we will have to deal with it. I don’t know if this decision makes sense because I don’t have all the information. I do not know the background of the files.”
