Daily reminder that Novak Djokovic is the biggest doping suspect the sport has ever seen. A thread 🧵 1. Novak…

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This thread compiles video clips and incidents suggesting Novak Djokovic may be using banned substances, showing him receiving mysterious bottles from his team during matches, unexplained performance recoveries, and instances of refusing anti-doping tests. The author draws parallels to Lance Armstrong's eventual doping scandal.

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Daily reminder that Novak Djokovic is the biggest doping suspect the sport has ever seen. A thread 🧵 1. Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray - Australian Open 2012 Semifinal. A camera catches Novak Djokovic pretending to dry his face with a towel, but he was drinking a magic potion.
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2. Novak Djokovic v John Millman - US Open 2018. Novak Djokovic panics and yells at his wife for forgetting to put the pills in his backpack. The woman speaks to him very scared.
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3. Ulises Badio, Novak Djokovic's physiotherapist and one of his most trusted people, was fired by the player weeks after the Magic Potion Case in Paris 2022. Badio was credited as the architect of Novak's miraculous elbow recovery in 2017.
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4. Novak Djokovic - Australian Open 2023. He receives a magic potion with an instruction paper, because it is well known that precise procedures are required to drink water or sports drinks. The bottle is delivered by supervisor Armstrong (no kidding, that's his last name).
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5. Novak Djokovic v Carlos Alcaraz - Cincinnati Open 2023 Final Another violent outburst by Djokovic after the delay of the magic potion and the suspicious actions of his team.
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6. Novak Djokovic - Italian Open 2019. Preparation of a magic potion. Djokovic's physio uses many pills and together with a woman he prepares the mixture behind a man. The other man on the left stands up to cover the woman.
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7. Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer - Wimbledon 2019. Savage conversation between the narrator and Boris Becker: - Narrator: "A disappointing second set for him" "You don't know what they do in the bathroom these days". [Long silence] [Laughs] - Boris Becker: "No comment".
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8. Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - Italian Open 2019. Novak Djokovic receives two magic potions in the same match.
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9. Novak Djokoviс v Stan Wawrinka - Australian Open 2014 Quarterfinals. Novak Djokovic trailed by two sets. Djokovic's physio runs through the stands to hand him a magic potion, and the player calls him desperately from the bench.
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10. Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray - Australian Open 2015 Final. Andy Murray broke Novak Djokovic's game. Immediately, Djokovic's physio began preparing a magic potion, anxiously hiding the preparation behind the stands. Djokovic watches him attentively during the game.
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11. Novak Djokovic v Dominic Thiem - 2020 Australian Open Final. An extremely exhausted Novak Djokovic trailed two sets down, but the appearance of a magic potion physically revived him to win the match. Recipe: - Djokovic's physio bag - Opaque bottle - Drinking straw
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12. Novak Djokovic v Dominic Thiem - Madrid Open 2019. Novak Djokovic asks for a magic potion and receives it before entering the bathroom.
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13. Novak Djokovic - Italian Open 2021. Novak Djokovic inhales a bottle in a few seconds.
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14. Novak Djokovic - Cincinnati Open 2018. Novak Djokovic receives a magic potion.
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15. Djokovic refuses to take an anti-doping test an hour and a half before his debut in the 2023 Davis Cup. It was a scandal.
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16. Viktor Troicki, winner of the Davis Cup along with Novak Djokovic, was sanctioned for doping in 2013. Djokovic described the sanction as an "absolute injustice", and denied the validity of the anti-doping tests: "I don't have trust in them anymore". si.com/tennis/2013/11…
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17. Novak Djokovic and his support for doped tennis players ("And now it makes me nervous as a player, to do any kind of test").
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I feel this will be a Lance Armstrong thing one of these days. Wait for it.