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1/18/09 4:16 AM | Johan Lindahl
German Nicolas Kiefer has lost his fight for fitness, withdrawing from the Australian Open due to an ankle injury he suffered a week ago.
The 31-year-old had been hoping for a miracle recovery after turning his ankle during a match in Perth at the Hopman Cup.
He was taken off of court in a wheelchair and later underwent a hospital scan which showed tendon and ligament damage.
Kiefer was leading Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty 3-1 when the German watched an Hrbaty return sail out over the baseline but put his weight wrongly on his ankle, crumbling to the court in agony.
Since 2002, Kiefer has lost four times in the Open first round, reaching a surprise semi-final in 2006 and skipping the 2003 and 2007 editions.
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