PARIS (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev stated he suffered torn ligaments after rolling on his ankle and being pressured to retire from his French Open semi-final in opposition to 13-time champion Rafael Nadal on Friday.

“I’m now on my manner again residence. Based on the primary medical checks, it appears like I’ve torn a number of lateral ligaments in my proper foot,” the German, who was seeded third at Roland Garros, wrote on Instagram on Saturday.

“I shall be flying to Germany on Monday to make additional examinations and to find out the most effective and quickest manner for me to recuperate.”

Zverev, who was gunning for his maiden Grand Slam title and would have taken over as world primary had he succeeded in his quest, was 7-6 6-6 down when he took the tumble that ended what had appeared like turning into a memorable contest.

He stated on Friday he was involved the harm, which precipitated him to scream in ache on courtroom Philippe Chatrier, was “very critical”.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson)