South African Anderson has second knee operation in five months

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FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 5, 2019 South Africa’s Kevin Anderson looks dejected after losing his third round match against Argentina’s Guido Pella REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

(Reuters) – South Africa’s former world number five Kevin Anderson said on Friday he will be out of action for the foreseeable future after surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus.

Anderson, who missed the second half of the 2019 season to recover from a knee injury which required surgery in September, said he had the procedure in Miami on Wednesday.

“Midway through December last year, during my off-season training, I injured my right knee,” Anderson said in a statement on Twitter twitter.com/KAndersonATP. “I tried to push through both in training and on the match court, but it didn’t get better.

“I had scans done in Australia and they unfortunately showed that I had suffered a medial meniscus tear. After consulting with medical professionals and my team, we decided that having surgery was the best way forward.

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