Novak Djokovic kicked off his campaign to win the US Open tennis championship for the fourth time in his career with an effortless victory over French tennis player Alexandre Muller 6-0, 6-2, 6-3. The Serbian veteran clearly wants to earn another Grand Slam after winning at the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year, but missed Wimbledon due to losing to Carlos Alcaraz. At that time, he will become the first male tennis player in the Open era to win 24 Grand Slams, while also catching the all-time record of the legendary Margaret Court. Not to mention he will return to No. 1 on the latest ATP tennis rankings after the end of the US Open.

But before reaching that historic milestone, Djokovic soon attracted attention with a patch on his chest. When asked about the benefits that this patch brings, he joked that it is the symbol of Iron Man (iron man, a character in comics and science fiction movies). Calling this sticker the “biggest secret of his career”, Djokovic boasted: ” When I was a kid, I really liked Iron Man so I tried to impersonate him “.

But actually, this patch is a device called “Taopatch” by the Italian company Tao Technologies, which claims to have invented it, describing it as a ” human enhancement device “. The company claims that the patch uses layers of nanocrystals to convert heat from the human body into light, sending signals to the nervous system to achieve “true balance”. The device, which consists of a circular metal piece strapped to his chest with a white patch, is used to treat inflammatory problems affecting the skin, bones and joints by applying a magnetic field to the area in need. treatment.

Djokovic has long been known to like to apply unconventional methods to maximize performance. At Wimbledon last year, he was spotted snorting the so-called “miracle drug” from a white bottle between matches. The substance was later found to be an unmixed powder, and the 36-year-old Serbian star was one of a number of players who consumed the product in a strange way.