India, Jan. 26 -- Former world no. 1 Boris Becker issued a clarification on his earlier statement on Novak Djokovic's injury before the Serb hit back at critics on Saturday by revealing the details of his injury. Djokovic was earlier forced to retire from Australian Open semifinal match against Alexander Zverev after losing the first set, thus sending the German into his third career final.

Djokovic incurred a thigh injury during the opening set of the quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday and sought a medical timeout, after which he returned with a heavily strapped upper left thigh. However, the injury seemed to have been of little worry during the rest of the match as he comfortably beat Alcaraz in four sets.

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