By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Monday, February 10, 2025
Photograph 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 at this time was profitable.
TN Q&A: Roger Federer Talks to Tennis Now on RF Assortment and Greatest Match
Former world No. 10 Pouille suffered the Achilles tear throughout 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 could possibly 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 to your messages. I’ll…do every part to return 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 at this time. “The surgical procedure went very nicely.”
Pouille, who underwent elbow surgical procedure a couple of years again, faces an extended comeback street.
The Frenchman’s coach and good buddy Enzo Py instructed L’Equipe he is satisfied Pouille’s profession isn’t over.
