“If you’re in pain, you’re not going to play well. “So, I guess, long term you’re trying to heal and get the foot back to healthy, but you’re also trying to reduce the pain so they’re not on court serving, going, ‘my foot hurts’. “For example, with some other players we’ve seen in the media this week, it is a multi-layer blister that’s really deep, that almost presents like a severe burn it has gone so deep into the tissue,” she said. “You’ll be able to put a roof or protective layer on it, but pain is still there,” Larkins said of Djokovic’s foot. It will be more of a mental game for him because you can’t really block the pain with any particular pain relief or injections with a blister.