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Pre-Wimbledon practice looks very different for Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek

We know Swiatek will be in the draw at SW19 ... but will Djokovic be there, too?

ByBaseline Staff

Published Jun 23, 2024

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek both entered the second Grand Slam tournament of 2024 as the world No. 1 players. As the third approaches, they're in very different places ... but are still on a similar wavelength.

Both major champions posted training videos on Instagram this week to give fans a peek at where they stand in their pre-Wimbledon preparations.

Swiatek withdrew from the grass-court tune-up in Berlin after an "intense nine weeks" that saw her win Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros consecutively, and will enter Wimbledon on a 19-match winning streak. Refreshed and recharged, and still No. 1, Swiatek posted photos of herself on Saturday that showed her training on a grass court and in the gym, and capped her "update" with a video of her firing forehands in practice.

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Djokovic, meanwhile, continues rehabilitating after surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee just over two weeks ago, an injury which now-famously ended his Roland Garros campaign prematurely and led to him losing the No. 1 ranking to Jannik Sinner.

Just over a full week after he underwent the procedure, Djokovic was back in the gym doing fitness. In his latest social media update, he could be seen running, doing lunges, and even hitting a cautious serve on a hard court.

"Tennis, I missed you!" he captioned the clip, posted Thursday. "We keep building day by day."

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So, will he, or won't he? Soon, we'll find out. The BBC reported on Saturday that Djokovic will travel to Wimbledon on Monday as his race against time to be fit for the Championships continues. The draw for the grass-court Grand Slam is scheduled to be made on Friday, and the tournament begins on July 1.

Djokovic has never missed a Wimbledon since his main-draw debut at the tournament in 2005. He last missed a Grand Slam event due to injury seven years ago, when an elbow problem prevented him from playing in the 2017 US Open. He also missed both the Australian Open and US Open in 2022 after being unable to enter both Australia and the United States as a result of being unvaccinated for COVID-19.