The video, taken by a journalist in the stands of Bercy during the semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday at the Rolex Paris Masters, caused a lot of talk.
It shows the Serbian player's physiotherapist, Ulises Badio, preparing a drink by pouring various ingredients into it, while another staff member seems to want to hide the maneuver.
Faced with the crowd of comments and accusations – veiled or not – of doping, the wife of the former world number 1, Jelena Djokovic, reacted on Wednesday.
The summary of his message: stop talking about what you don't know.
“Novak will talk about it when he is ready.
It's stupidity to want people to talk when they are not ready just because others are impatient, she wrote on Twitter.
It's absurd.
Calm down.
Pay more attention to yourself.
Not everything you see is controversial.
It may be a private matter.
Is it allowed?
»
He will talk when he is ready to talk.
This whole nonsense about making people speak about something they are not ready because OTHERS are unpatient is absurd.
Sit a bit in silence.
Mind yourself more.
Not everything you see is controversial.
It could be private.
Is that allowed?
— Jelena Djokovic (@jelenadjokovic) November 8, 2022
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Jelena Djokovic also shared a user's thread about patented food supplements that do not publicly disclose their composition due to industrial secrecy.
Djoko's "magic potion" would thus be so effective that he would hide the recipe so as not to help the competition.
During the last Wimbledon, the
Telegraph
had devoted an article to the mysterious drink ingested by the player during his matches.
A source within the organization of the tournament assured that there were no concerns about doping, and that Djokovic was one of the many players to ingest energy supplements and isotonic powder, rich in sodium (to compensate perspiration).
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