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Article: Tennis: Graf back in routine with renewed enthusiasm
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 31, 1994
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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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