Djokovic 'getting there' in recovery from wrist injury

NEW YORK - Top-ranked Novak Djokovic says he injured his left wrist in Rio de Janeiro a few days before the start of the Olympic tournament.

The right-handed Djokovic needs that wrist for his backhand. He said Friday he's ''getting there'' and hopes he'll be ''as close to 100 percent as possible'' when he starts to defend his US Open title.

Djokovic will face Jerzy Janowicz in the first round in New York. Janowicz is ranked 228th in the world.

The 12-time major champ also said his issues at Wimbledon weren't physical, but ''there were other things I was going through.'' He declined to elaborate on those problems other than to say they had been resolved.

After Djokovic was upset in the third round of Wimbledon by 41st-ranked Sam Querrey, he was asked if he was 100 percent healthy, replying ''not really'' but not going into details.

Djokovic lost in the first round at the Rio Games to 2009 US Open champ Juan Martin del Potro, whose ranking slipped because of left wrist problems of his own. Djokovic then pulled out of the hard-court warmup at Cincinnati, the first time he'd cited an issue with the wrist.