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Alexander Zverev: serious fall at the French Open
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Tennis professional Alexander Zverev underwent surgery for his serious foot injury.
During his bitter French Open in Paris, the Olympic champion tore all three outer ligaments in his right ankle.
After returning from the operating room, the 25-year-old published a video on Instagram – and was already thinking about his comeback: “We'll see how long it takes.
I already miss tennis.«
According to the current status, Wimbledon participation is practically impossible.
»We all have our own journey in life.
That's part of mine.
Next week I'll be number 2 in the world, but this morning I had to have an operation, "Zverev shared with his 1.8 million followers.
"I hope the surgery went well."
An operation was "the best choice" to return to competition as soon as possible, to ensure that all ligaments heal properly and to regain full stability in my ankle," Zverev wrote in his post.
The 25-year-old did not make any predictions about possible downtime.
Zverev twisted his ankle in the semifinals of the French Open on Friday against eventual tournament winner Rafael Nadal from Spain and had to give up after a little more than three hours of play when the score was 6: 7 (8:10), 6: 6.
Zverev later returned to Court Philippe Chatrier on crutches to say goodbye.
After the first diagnosis, it had already looked as if several lateral ligaments in the foot had been torn.
According to Zverev, another examination in Germany now came to the conclusion that "all three lateral ligaments in my right ankle" were affected.
"My rehab starts now and I will do whatever it takes to come back stronger than ever!"
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