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Zverev had won the opening set in a tiebreak on Rod Laver Arena when Djokovic made the decision to withdraw after an hour and 21 minutes on court.
He picked up the left upper-leg injury during his quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday night.
“I did everything I possibly could to manage the muscle tear I had,” Djokovic told his media conference soon after leaving the court.
Djokovic added: “[It was] An unfortunate ending, but I tried.”
As he left the court acknowledging the spectators inside Rod Laver Arena, there were sections of the crowd who booed the Serbian.
The 10-time Australian Open champion said he had not hit a ball following his four-set win over Alcaraz until an hour or so before his match against Zverev.
Djokovic had undergone treatment since Tuesday night and wore strapping on his left thigh in the semifinal.
“Towards the end of that first set I just started feeling more and more pain,” Djokovic said.
“It was too much, I guess, to handle for me at the moment.”
Djokovic said he was unsure if he would have tried to continue the match had he won the first set against Zverev.
“If I won the first set, maybe I would try a few more games, half a set, maybe a set,” he said.
“I don’t know. It was getting worse and worse.
“I knew even if I won the first set, that it’s going to be a huge uphill battle for me to stay physically fit enough to stay with him in the rally for another … two, three, four hours.
“I don’t think I had that, unfortunately, today in the tank.”
