Novak Djokovic considers quick return from knee injury at French Open one of the greatest achievements of his career

Djokovic is having a difficult campaign, in which he has yet to play in the final of an event. The Belgrade-born star recently suffered a knee injury at the French Open, just before the start of the quarterfinal against Norway’s Casper Ruud. The injury forced the current world number two to withdraw from the event, which also cost him the number one position in men’s tennis.

Djokovic was quoted in a report as saying that despite having achieved so much in his career, he had recovered from a knee injury in such a short time. “Right at the top, maybe two or three, in terms of the time it took to get back to the level I wanted,” he told Tennis Channel. “It was the first time I had to deal with this kind of knee injury. I had never had a serious knee injury before and unfortunately I injured myself halfway through the match in the fourth round at Roland-Garros.”

Djokovic will face Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the semi-finals of the mega-event on Friday. In the quarter-finals, he defeated American Taylor Fritz in a five-set thriller with a score of 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. It is the seventh meeting between the two in professional tennis. Djokovic won five times in the previous six meetings and suffered only one defeat.