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Article: TEN: Injured Hingis's grand slam nightmare continues
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
- Article date:
- May 18, 2002
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TEN: Injured Hingis's grand slam nightmare continues
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON, May 17 Reuters - Martina Hingis' French Open dreams lay
in tatters today as
she was forced to withdraw from the one grand slam tournament she
has yet to capture because
of an ankle injury.
The Swiss will undergo surgery on Monday after tests revealed one
torn and three loose
ligaments in her left ankle.
Without a major win since the 1999 Australian Open - her fifth
grand slam trophy -
Hingis has suffered several disappointments of late.
While a painful ankle injury requiring surgery brought her 2001
season to a premature
end last October, this latest setback poses the most ...