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Built to Be Flexible, Novak Djokovic Bounces Back

After forgoing a Covid-19 vaccine complicated his schedule, Djokovic’s elasticity this year has gone beyond the reactive shots that helped him win a seventh Wimbledon men’s singles title.

Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon after missing the first Grand Slam tournament of the year and losing in the quarterfinals at the French Open.Credit...Hannah Mckay/Reuters

WIMBLEDON, England — He is an elastic man, Novak Djokovic.

As he and Nick Kyrgios prepared to walk onto Centre Court for their Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday, Kyrgios paced in tight circles in the clubhouse.