FILE: REIGNING CHAMPION GORAN IVANISEVIC PULLS OUT OF WIMBLEDON WITH SHOULDER INJURY.

Record ID: 646845

  • Title: FILE: REIGNING CHAMPION GORAN IVANISEVIC PULLS OUT OF WIMBLEDON WITH SHOULDER INJURY.
  • Date: 7th May 2002
  • Summary: ZAGREB, CROATIA (FILE JULY 2001) 1. VARIOUS OF CELEBRATIONS AFTER GORAN IVANISEVIC WON THE 2001 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP 2. IVANISEVIC STRIPS OFF CLOTHING AND THROWS IT TO THE CROWD Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd May 2002 13:00
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  • Location: ZAGREB, CROATIA
  • Country: Croatia
  • Reuters ID: LVA43D605F36M2Q8VF1TL56CHTXS
  • Story Text: Goran Ivanisevic will not be able to defend his
    Wimbledon title in June because of shoulder surgery.



    Ivanisevic will have the operation to repair a tear in
    his left shoulder next week in the German city of
    Heidelberg,he said in a statement released on Tuesday (May 7).

    The big-serving left-hander has been suffering from the
    injury for more than a year, but the pain worsened when he
    played Davis Cup for Croatia against Germany in February.

    He entered last year's Wimbledon with a broken-down
    shoulder and a triple-figure world ranking but beat Australian
    Pat Rafter in a thrilling five-set final to become the first
    man to win a grand slam tournament with a wild card.

    Ivanisevic is hoping to recover from the surgery in order
    to be fit for the start of next year. However, by then he will
    be 31 and, by his own admission, he may struggle to rebuild
    his career.

    Unable to defend the ranking points from Wimbledon,
    Ivanisevic's world ranking is set to drop while he is absent
    from the ATP tour and he does not relish the prospect of
    having to climb back up the rankings.

    The Wimbeldon championships start on June 24.


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