After his latest defeat in the Szczecin challenger, Jerzy Janowicz revealed that he will have to undergo another surgery, his second in three years.
The Pole lost to Florian Mayer 6-2 7-6(3) in the Szczecin Quarter-Finals and after the match he revealed to the Polish press that he will undergone yet another surgery, this time on his knee. He has had documented back and knee problems in the past and have once again reoccurred.
This is what the former Wimbledon Semi-Finalist had to say about the matter:
‘The injury is not new, sometimes it appears, and sometimes it was all right. I’m struggling with knee problems from the US Open 2015, then the problem came up. I learned about it after the Davis Cup with Slovakia when we played the playoffs. There was a delay of the results because there was a faulty diagnosis of the physiotherapist and the representative physician. It turned out that I had my knee twisted, and when I went to his doctor, it turned out that I have torn patella. Once is better, once worse, but all the time I have problems with it. There will be an operation.’
It is clear now why the Pole has had trouble with the Polish federation about dealing with his injuries and why he hasn’t been able to compete at a competitive level for some time. We will now await the next steps, it is likely that he will have the operation in the offseason.
