By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Monday, February 10, 2025
Picture credit score: Corleve/Mark Peterson
Lucas Pouille hopes profitable surgical procedure will save his profession.
The 30-year-old Frenchman mentioned surgical procedure to restore his ruptured proper Achilles tendon right this moment was profitable.
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Former world No. 10 Pouille suffered the Achilles tear through the last of the ATP Challenger in Lille yesterday. Pouille trailed qualifier Arthur Bouquier 3-6, 5-3 when he collapsed to court docket struggling the Achilles harm.
Initially, he feared it may very well be career-ending, however Pouille was extra optimistic in each pre and post-surgery social media posts.
“The outcomes are what we thought… full rupture of the Achilles tendon,” Pouille wrote on social media. “I thanks from the underside of my coronary heart in your messages. I’ll…do the whole lot to come back again.”
Merci à tous pour vos messages !! L’opération s’est très bien passée 👌👍🙏👊 pic.twitter.com/axg10Yme8P
— Lucas Pouille (@la_pouille) February 10, 2025
“Thanks for all of your messages,” Pouille posted on X after surgical procedure right this moment. “The surgical procedure went very nicely.”
Pouille, who underwent elbow surgical procedure just a few years again, faces a protracted comeback highway.
The Frenchman’s coach and good good friend Enzo Py instructed L’Equipe he is satisfied Pouille’s profession just isn’t over.
