Imagine pushing your body to the edge, so far, in fact, that it starts sending distress signals loud and clear: crippling cramps, sudden vomiting, and dizzying blood-pressure checks. That’s been Novak Djokovic’s reality for the last 18 months. However, rather than retreating, he has been making his way through it all on the largest stages of the tennis game, struggling not only against others but also against his own body.

Take the 2025 Shanghai Masters. Imagine Djokovic on the court, where the heat is over 30 °C, and the air is unable to breathe. He vomited several times in the middle of his match against Yannick Hanfmann. However, like a real warrior, he scratched his way back up after being set down 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. It was an awe-inspiring sight to look at, and at the same time, i

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