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During a November match, Djokovic’s physiotherapist mixed a drink for him -- and his team huddled around him to hide the mixing from view. “It looked super shady,” says The Defector. Whatever was in that drink?
Novak’s secret drink
Defector
During a November match, Djokovic’s physiotherapist mixed a drink for him -- and his team huddled around him to hide the mixing from view. “It looked super shady,” says The Defector. Whatever was in that drink?
New York Post
It definitely looked suspicious! Once they realize they’re being filmed, they form a human shield around the bottle -- The NY Post
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Writer Ben Rothenberg said the whole scene was “bizarre” and tweeted a call for “more transparency about the substances players take”
Sports Illustrated
Novak’s wife Jelena pushed back. Just because something is private doesn’t mean it’s “dodgy”!
Sports Illustrated
And SI’s Jon Wertheim asks, “If an athlete were doping, would they really do it like this? Highly unlikely”
Express
Plus, notes Patrick McEnroe, tennis players get tested all the time. We’d know if he was using something illegal. Chill, people!
Sportskeeda
There’s an easy answer here, jokes tennis writer Pete Bodo. He’s planning to release a branded drink! The ingredients must be kept secret
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