Novak Djokovic Wins After Injury At Wimbledon 2014: Tennis Star Injures Shoulder

Jun 27, 2014 10:09 AM EDT

Novak Djokovic is playing against Gilles Simon in the Wimbledon 2014 tournament and Dojo went down with a shoulder injury and video showed that he injured his shoulder after slipping on the grass in the tennis major at the All England Club and this comes after he had a shoulder injury earlier in the year and missed time, but he is back and playing after getting treatment and now he has won the match and is into the fourth round.

Djokovic ended up fine, but at the time the injury looked serious and he is one of the favorites in the tourney and ended up as the number one seed despite being second ranked. Dojo lost against Murray last year and they are on course for the semis and he is looking strong even with his injury and it was clear that the grass was still a little slick in areas and that should be okay by next week. The grass gets torn up at the tournament and players should be able to get better footing in the latter rounds and now Djokovic is through to the next round.

Djokovic came down with a two set lead and was up 2-0 overall and 3-2 in the third set and now he is down looking to try and get his shoulder back and he is getting treatment from the Djokovic is the number one seed and he was made the number one seed so they could get an Andy Murray matchup in the semis and this comes after his loss to Rafael Nadal in the French Open.

Check here for the Djokovic video at Wimbledon. 

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