Novak Djokovic physio given emergency surgery at French Open as 'concerned' star refuses t

Novak Djokovic revealed his friend and physio Miljan Amanovic has undergone emergency surgery during the French Open.

The 24-time Grand Slam winner reached the third round at Roland Garros by beating home star Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-2 7-6.

But in the Serbian section of his press conference, Djokovic revealed: "Unfortunately, Miljan is in the hospital. He had a serious situation today and underwent surgery.

"I wouldn't want to go into more detail than that. We're all very concerned. He's currently stable, but the situation isn't ideal. He'll have to stay in the hospital for a few days. We're all worried. I hope everything will be alright."

The world No.6 took a medical timeout for a blister on his foot - and did not appear at his press conference until 10pm after treatment.

And Djokovic laughed when asked if it takes longer to recover now he is "a bit older than most of the other players."

"Thank you, " he said. No, no, it's true. You didn't say anything wrong, you know. Look, the recovery time is not much longer, I feel like. I mean, I'm pretty fit at the moment. I don't feel like I have any major issues. Although it took me, like, almost an hour to deal with the blister and the bleeding that I had.

"So they had to use the injections and draw the blood out and then inject something to dry out the blister. So that was, you know, not really a pleasant process. But it is something that, you know, anyone who has blisters that are bleeding has to do it.

"So that's why I'm also late with you guys, and I'm sorry for that. But I don't think it's going to be an issue for me to recover. I mean, three hours was a lot of running, straight sets, but a three-hour match is a good three-hour session.

"Good thing about slams obviously you have a day in between. So plenty of time to recover and get ready for the next one."

Djokovic, who is now 12-0 against French players at their home Grand Slam, will meet Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic in the third round on Saturday.

The Milan fan was asked about the Champions League final. "It's going to be PSG that I will support," he said.

"I will definitely watch it if I'm not playing night session. Yeah, that will be nice. FYI, Roland Garros schedule!"