Novak Djokovic says something changed with his knee injury after he won in round two at Wimbledon

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Novak Djokovic delivered a positive update regarding his knee injury at Wimbledon.

The Serbian made a miraculous recovery from surgery on torn meniscus to appear at the grass court Grand Slam for the 19th time in his illustrious career.

Despite concerns around how his knee would hold up playing in the sport’s biggest tournament so soon after his operation, the 37-year-old has made a strong start to the competition.

Should the World number two clinch the title he would join Roger Federer on eight Wimbledon titles and secure a record 25th major.

What did Novak Djokovic say about his injured knee?

Djokovic spoke about feeling reluctant to slide to retrieve balls after his first round victory over Vit Kopriva.

But after coming through a tough test against Britain’s Jacob Fearnley in the third round, the former World number one was encouraged after feeling no pain despite being up against it in the second half of Thursday’s contest.

“I didn’t experience any pain today. The first match I did have one or two situations but today none, which is great. My knee has been responding really well on the days off, I haven’t had any swelling or inflammation, which is great,” he told reporters.

“The muscles around it are contracting and getting sore more than usual because they are compensating and protecting the knee, which is normal.

“There is more work on those muscles and maybe because they are sore they are not giving me that dynamic speed and power that I need and want to have, but it’s also part of the process on opening days.”

Novak Djokovic’s quest for an eighth Wimbledon title continues

Djokovic was made to work for his spot in the third round as Fearnley played inspired tennis in front of his home crowd.

After losing the first two sets, the 22-year-old played freely and continued to play an attacking brand of tennis.

He was rewarded for his bold approach as he broke Djokovic’s serve at the end of the third set to take it 7-5, and pushed the tennis legend all the way in set four.

But Djokovic as he so often does continued to apply the pressure and waited for his opponent’s level to drop and broke serve at 5-5. He comfortably served out the match and claimed a 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5. He will face Australia’s Alexei Popyrin in round two.