former tennis star Patrick McEnroe appeared in public to defend Novak Djokovic On the mystery drinking saga at the Paris Masters. During the semi-finals at Bercy, Djokovic’s coach Ulises Badio and other members of his team were seen sneaking a drink for the 21-time Grand Slam champion. What surprised everyone was the way they concealed the mixing process.
After that, many people claimed that Djokovic used some banned substances for performance enhancement. However, there was no evidence that Djokovic used any illegal substance, and even his wife declared that all these allegations were completely unfounded. While many questioned Djokovic on the same issue, some even came to his support to deny all the rumors.
Patrick McEnroe in the final episode of the series Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe podcast spoke on the subject and defended Djokovic against all unfounded allegations. Like Simona Halep, Djokovic argued that if she had taken any illegal drugs then she would have tested positive, but that was not the case.
“These players are constantly being tested, as we recently learned that Simona Halep has tested positive. So, if there was something illegal in their stir-fry that they always made for them during matches, he would probably have tested positive for it.” McEnroe aforementioned.
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This year, Daniil Medvedev joined a tough group like Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev. The Serbian will play the opening game against Tsitsipas on Monday night.
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