11 Jan 2009

Schuettler in doubt for the Australian Open

4:37 pm on 11 January 2009

German world tennis number 33 Rainer Schuettler is in doubt for the Australian Open, after he withdrew from the semi-finals of the Chennai Open with a wrist injury.

Schuettler says he was not certain of playing in the season's first grand slam, which starts in Melbourne on January the 19th.

He says during yesterday's doubles match, he started feeling pain in his left wrist, which prevented him from hitting double-handed backhand shots.

The 32-year-old German veteran, who has had the same injury before, will now fly to Melbourne and see if he can be ready in time for the Australian Open.