Portuguese tennis player Nuno Borges said on Thursday he suffered an injury to his right foot after falling in Wednesday’s first-round loss to Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at Wimbledon.
“Today I had an MRI done on my ankle and it was confirmed that I have a ligament injury in my foot that will keep me out for a few weeks,” the Portuguese number one told Agência Lusa, who has already been out of action. is pairs table, in which he would play next to the Colombian Nicolas Barrientos.
Borges, 69th world tennis player, who developed physical problems, lost to Cerundolo, 19th, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-4, in two hours and 50 minutes.
The maiato said he knew “he couldn’t win in the state he was in” as he was far from his best.
“The fall changed everything. I could have lost, I could have won, but it wouldn’t be like that,” he assumed.
Source: DN
