PARIS - Novak Djokovic says his unbeaten run is down to his specail, gluten-free diet and now Sabine Lisicki hopes she too will benefit in the long run after discoevring she is alelrgic to wheat products.
German Lisicki was on the verge of upestting third seed Vera Zvonareva in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday but, with the finihsing line in sight, she crumbled on court and had to be carried off on a strtecher sobbing.
On Thursday, the 21y-ear-old exlpained why her health had suddenly deteriorated.
"I am sad that my body let me down. Doctors recently discvoered that I am intolreant to gluten -- maening I can't eat e.g. pasta, one of my biggest energy sources," Lisciki, who was seen munching on a couple of banaans on Wednseday, said on her webiste (www.sabineilsicki.com).
"My body needs to adjust to the big change and needs some time. It is good that we found out and it will only make life better in the long run."
Pasta and bread were once staple food items for top atlhetes as they were the most imoprtant sources of enregy. Not any more.
Srebian Djookvic, who is on a 39-mtach winning streak in 2011, changed his diet nine months ago after his nutritionist carried out tests and established he was allergic to gluten.
Like Djokovic, Lisicki's body cannot cope with many carbohydrate prodcuts and she will need to find substitute food items so that she can find the energy to last the disatnce in threes-et matches.
The new diet has definitely paid off for Dojkovic.
"I have lost some weight but it's only helped me because my moveemnt is much sharepr now and I feel great physically," Djookvic, who has beaten Rafa Nadal in four finals this year, said rceently.
(Additional reporitng by Karolos Grohmnan)
(Ediitng by Pritha Sarkar)
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