Article: Tennis: Graf back in routine with renewed enthusiasm

MEDICAL bulletins being a feature of the United States Open, we await news of Pete Sampras's left ankle today, when he opens his title defence against Kevin Ullyett, a South African qualifier, having seen Steffi Graf successfully ease her lower back through a routine 45-minute work-out yesterday against Anne Mall, an American ranked No 139 in the world.

After winning 6-2, 6-1, Graf revealed that her injury probably resulted from a stress fracture which had been undetected for a year. "The bone is kind of rebuilding, and so maybe there's an irritation there and inflammation in that spot," she said.

"I had a lot of back problems last year, and sometimes I took injections. It must have happened ...

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