Haas out with swine flu

Wimbledon semi-finalist pulls out of Swiss Indoors

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Haas out with swine flu

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Germany's Tommy Haas is unlikely to be fit in time for the Paris Masters next week after contracting swine flu.

The 31-year-old pulled out of the Stockholm Open and will also miss this week's Swiss Indoors in Basle after he was diagnosed with the highly-contagious H1N1 strain.

"I did a test because I suspected I had the swine flu and the test was positive," he told the Bild newspaper. "It was obviously a shock for me.

"It was really bad for three days and I couldn't leave my hotel room. I felt really bad."

The Wimbledon semi-finalist is confident of making a swift recovery even though the season is virtually over.

"I am quite relaxed because I know that swine flu is a particularly strong form of flu, but when you are in a good physical condition like I am, then you can quickly beat it off," he added.