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Last Saturday, the drink of the famous tennis player Novak Djokovic aroused great interest. In a video posted on social networks, his drink was prepared without discretion by someone from his team, just before he won his match. The point with the sports doctor, Dr. Roland Krzentowski, sports doctor.
Novak Djokovic’s drink: a doping rumor on social networks
During the match against the Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals of the Rolex Paris Masters, Novak Djokovic received – from the hands of a young ball collector – a yellow water bottle. The contents of this bottle caused debate on social networks this weekend.
Indeed, even before it lands in the hands of the Serbian player, his psychotherapist has prepared a small mixture upstream. On the video taken by a spectator who came to watch the match, we see this man grabbing a bottle of water and slipping ingredients into it, all under the not at all discreet camouflage of other members of the staff. An attitude that surprised more than one person on social networks. “Can someone who knows tennis explain what is happening here and why it is done this way? He looks incredibly shady.”can we read on a tweet with the video in link.
Enough to spark many doping rumors on social networks that have been quite viral to say the least. This drink would have allowed him to win his match against the Greek player.
Faced with this doping controversy, on Twitter, tennis player John Millman replied: “Too much focus on a team member mixing sports drinks…a ridiculous idea that something is going on, a full stadium, cameras everywhere, mixed drinks in the players box…I mean, use a bit of logic here, just maybe they don’t want to give someone the advantage.To add to that, inside a locker room you see a team of players always making drinks, in unmarked bottles and put in the fridge. Workout programs, taking supplements, etc. are trade secrets.”
To add to that, inside a locker room you see a players team always making drinks, in unmarked bottles and put in the fridge. Training programs, supplement intake etc is trade secret.
—John Millman (@johnhmillman) November 8, 2022
The “magic potion” of Dr. Roland Krzentowski
According to Dr. Roland Krzentowski, sports physician, the recipe for making a good magic potion is simple. For this, you need three ingredients: “move well, eat well and sleep well”. As the expert points out, “moving well is physical preparation to optimize one’s physical condition. Physical condition corresponds to three things: the cardio-respiratory capacity, the muscular capacity and the body composition of the athlete”. In sum, Dr. Krzentowski also added that “In addition to this magic potion, doing a lot of sheathing is essential. For an athlete like Novak Djokovic, work on the lower limbs for movement and speed of movement but also the upper limbs is important”.
As far as eating well is concerned, it is necessary to consume foods that provide energy to both play and achieve better recovery. “It’s mainly sugar for recovery, protein and then slow sugars. A balanced diet in general is necessary”, explains the expert. “The players eat during a match, they drink energy drinks which provide them with elements that will allow the effort. Most often, it is a good mix of sugar and salt. Sugar can also be grape juice, which is one of the best known sugars in the world”, says Dr. Roland Krzentowski.
Finally, it is well known that sleeping well is another essential ingredient in order to be at your best. Whether for a tennis champion like Novak Djokovic or for anyone else.
Isotonic powder: a product that Novak Djokovic often takes
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At the Wimbledon tournament this summer, the Serbian tennis player’s water bottle has already aroused interest. According to The Telegraph, Novak Djokovic would be a follower of isotonic powder. According to the expert, energy drinks are all isotonic drinks. “Isotonic drinks contain different sugars, products to acidify the body, minerals, but also vitamins”.
Still according to Dr. Roland Krzentowski, these drinks have a concentration identical to that of blood. “When the drink passes through the digestive tract, it is the blood that will capture the elements of the liquid and then transport them into the body. The transport of its elements will therefore be optimized by the isotonic side of the drink. Therefore, it The concentration must be equal to that of the blood.
In addition, for a drink to be considered a “sports drink” and for it to be well dosed, there are rules to follow, specifies the expert. “Athletes like Novak Djokovic need to drink drinks that allow them to rehydrate and regain strength. The expert also adds that “sometimes some dieticians recommend that athletes make their own isotonic drinks by adding the necessary and authorized sugars, minerals and vitamins. A home-made drink, if drunk right away, may not have the preservatives that are put in more industrial drinks.”