Injury forces Safin and Malisse out

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Injury forces Safin and Malisse out
Saturday, 18 January, 2003
by嗰urray Brust

Last year's Australian Open runner-up Marat Safin has been forced out
of the tournament due to a wrist injury, while Belgian Xavier Malisse
has retired during the fourth set of his third-round clash with David
Nalbandian because of a sore arm.

Safin, the No.3 seed, says he is finding it hard to even hold a racquet
after hurting his wrist when he fell during his first-round victory over
Dutchman Raemon Sluiter.

The big-serving Russian was given a pain-killing injection before his
second round match and, despite the discomfort, scored a four-set win
over Spaniard Albert Montanes.

However after that match he couldn't move his wrist and the tournament
doctor detected a small tear in a ligament.

Safin will be out of action for two to three weeks as he recovers from
his second injury setback of the year, after he was forced out of the
adidas International with a shoulder injury.

The 22-year-old is now in doubt for Russia's Davis Cup tie against the
Czech Republic next month.

Safin's withdrawal sees German Rainer Schuettler advance to a fourth-
round encounter with the winner of the James Blake-Alberto Martin match.

Malisse trailed Nalbandian 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 0-3 when he decided that he
could not continue.

"Just around the third, fourth game, my arm started hurting,"
Malisse said.

"Every time, extending it, the forehand and service, it just got worse
and worse. I've been playing a lot of matches after two months off and
that's probably why."

Nalbandian, the 2002 Wimbledon finalist, will face Roger Federer in the
fourth-round.

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