Op dilemma for Tsonga

Knee injury could force rising French star to miss Roland Garros

Last updated: 16th April 2008   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Op dilemma for Tsonga

Tsonga: Knee injury

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Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is optimistic that his knee injury will not require surgery.

The 22-year-old will miss next week's Monte Carlo Masters after failing to recover from the injury which forced him out of last weekend's Davis Cup tie against the United States.

However, the results of a scan have given Tsonga cause to hope that he will be fit in time for next month's French Open.

He had initially feared that the problem would require surgery, ruling him out for the bulk of the claycourt season.

Optimistic

"I underwent a scan at the beginning of the week," said Tsonga. "The doctors are more optimistic in comparison to the first diagnosis carried out by the national federation who said they were sure that I would have to be operated on.

"I will need 10 days after I had the knee drained to know how it has reacted. I will do a test on it in the middle of next week.

"If it is still painful, I will make a decision on the next steps," added the world number 15.

"For the moment no operation is planned, even if it is true that the knee is slightly harmed. One thing is for sure, is that I haven't put a cross through Roland Garros."

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