“It was an accident and I’m fine, I’m resting in the hotel with an ice pack,” the 36-year-old Serb wrote on X on Saturday night. The world number one was on Friday evening following his victory in the Masters tournament once morest the Frenchman Corentin Moutet was hit by the bottle 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.
- Video: Drinking bottle hits Djokovic:
Fell out of backpack
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. According to a report by the AP news agency, the bottle fell out of a child’s backpack.
Previously, Djokovic had easily won the game once morest Moutet in the Roman Foro Italico 6:3.6:1. The world number one moved into the third round, where he will now face Alejandro Tabilo from Chile.
