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Tottenham Striker Solanke Set to Miss 6 Weeks with Knee Injury

Dominic Solanke of Tottenham reacts after the English Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur, in London, Britain, 15 January 2025. EPA/DAVID CLIFF
Dominic Solanke of Tottenham reacts after the English Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur, in London, Britain, 15 January 2025. EPA/DAVID CLIFF
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Tottenham Striker Solanke Set to Miss 6 Weeks with Knee Injury

Dominic Solanke of Tottenham reacts after the English Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur, in London, Britain, 15 January 2025. EPA/DAVID CLIFF
Dominic Solanke of Tottenham reacts after the English Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur, in London, Britain, 15 January 2025. EPA/DAVID CLIFF

Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke is likely to be out for around six weeks because of a knee injury, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou said Thursday.
Solanke sustained the injury in training last week and missed the Premier League game against Everton on Sunday and Thursday's Europa League win against Hoffenheim, The Associated Press reported.
“With Dom, the information now is that we are looking at around the six-week mark," Postecoglou said after his team’s 3-2 win in Germany. “No surgery. Maybe we can get him back a little bit earlier, just see how he progresses. But, at this stage, it’s saying around six weeks."
Solanke was a 55 million pounds ($68 million) signing from Bournemouth in the offseason and has scored 11 goals in 29 appearances for Spurs.

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Injured Djokovic Stops in Australian Open Semifinals against Zverev

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after retiring from his semi final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Edgar Su
Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after retiring from his semi final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Edgar Su
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Injured Djokovic Stops in Australian Open Semifinals against Zverev

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after retiring from his semi final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Edgar Su
Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2025 Serbia's Novak Djokovic waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after retiring from his semi final match against Germany's Alexander Zverev REUTERS/Edgar Su

An injured Novak Djokovic quit because of a torn muscle in his left leg after dropping the first set of his Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday.
Djokovic lost the opener 7-6 (5) in a tiebreaker and immediately walked around the net to concede the match to Zverev. Fans booed as Djokovic walked off toward the locker room, and he responded by giving two thumbs-up, The Associated Press reported.
“It was getting worse and worse,” Djokovic said later at his news conference, referring to the pain in his leg, which he hurt during his quarterfinal victory over Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday night. “I knew, even if I won the first set, it was going to be a huge uphill battle for me.”
Djokovic was bidding for an 11th championship at the Australian Open and record 25th Grand Slam title overall. He withdrew from last year's French Open before the quarterfinals after tearing the meniscus in his right knee.
The only set of Djokovic vs. Zverev lasted 1 hour, 20 minutes and included 19 points that lasted nine strokes or more apiece. The first four games alone lasted 31 minutes.
It was grueling — and would have been even without dealing with a problem with one’s body. But Djokovic showed up with his left thigh taped up, a reminder that he finished the contest against Alcaraz that way after hurting himself late in the first set.
“I didn't hit the ball since Alcaraz match until like an hour before today’s match,” Djokovic said Friday. “I did everything I possibly can to basically manage the muscle tear that I had. Medications and I guess the (tape) and the physio work helped to some extent today. But towards the end of that first set, I just started feeling more and more pain and it was too much for me to handle. Unfortunate ending, but I tried.”
The 37-year-old Djokovic was asked whether this might have been his last appearance at Melbourne Park.
“There is a chance. Who knows?” Djokovic said. “I’ll just have to see how the season goes. I want to keep going.”
The No. 2-seeded Zverev reached his first title match at Melbourne Park.