I’m not a joke to everyone that is concerned, ‘Novak Djokovic said

NOVAK DJOKOVIC SCHEDULE ‘A JOKE’ AT FRENCH OPEN AND ‘A BLACK EYE’ FOR TENNIS AFTER INJURY, SAYS JOHN MCENROE
John McEnroe has hit out at the French Open’s scheduling issues that played a significant role in Novak Djokovic, the defending men’s champion, withdrawing from the tournament with injury. The current world No. 1 finished his five-set third-round match against Lorenzo Musetti past 3am local time, before another marathon match against Francisco Cerundolo in the last 16, where he injured his knee.Eurosport expert John McEnroe has criticised the French Open’s scheduling following Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal from the tournament with a knee injury.
The Serbian top seed pulled out of the men’s singles draw a day after his marathon five-set comeback victory over Francisco Cerundolo in the last 16, where Djokovic injured his knee while sliding. Previously, the current world No. 1 had to come through a 3am finish to his third-round encounter with Lorenzo Musetti after the Italian forced him into five sets, and Grigor Dimitrov’s third-round match against Zizou Bergs was moved from Court 14 to Court Philippe-Chatrier as the tournament tried to catch up for lost time due to significant rain delays.

However, Djokovic did not have much time to fully recover from his first five-setter, and he went on to tear his meniscus during his last-16 match, which McEnroe labelled “very unfortunate for the tournament, and for tennis in general”.
“It was a joke that they put him out at 10:30pm [against Musetti],” McEnroe said. “It was a great match, and then it goes to three in the morning. Absurd.
“Then to have to come back and go through another marathon match. If this doesn’t change the mentality of the majors about this type of schedule, I don’t know what would, because he’s the number one player in the world.