STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Swedish tennis star Magnus Norman will
undergo hip surgery and miss the rest of the year.
The operation is planned for the next week or two at a clinic in
Nashville, Tenn., Dr. Per Renstroem of Sweden's Davis Cup team
said.
The 25-year-old Swede will miss the Davis Cup semifinals Sept. 21-23 against Australia in Sydney, Australia.
"We have decided to do the operation," Norman was quoted as
saying by the Swedish news agency TT. "That means that this season
is over, and I aim for a comeback at the beginning of next year."
The injury in Norman's left hip first surfaced last December,
just before the Australian Open.
"He has experienced trouble since last year, but mainly since
last March and has not been able to train properly," Renstroem
said. "It has been a long process. He has not been able to play
and he's glad we are doing something really active."
Renstroem said if the operation succeeds, Norman should be back
on the ATP Tour in January.
Norman, the French Open finalist last year, withdrew from
Wimbledon because of the sore hip. He came back a month later and
reached the semifinals in the Swedish Open at Bastad, where he won
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