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July 14, 2005 12:15 IST
Australian Open champion Marat Safin [Images] should be fit for next month's U.S. Open after undergoing keyhole surgery on his left knee, Russia's [Images] Davis Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev said on Wednesday. Safin, troubled by pain in his left knee for the last two months, had a small operation this week in Italy [Images] to repair a ligament tear.  | Also Read | | |
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"Marat has already begun a rehabilitation process and he should be ready to resume playing before the start of the U.S. Open," Tarpishchev told Reuters.The injury has forced the world number five to miss this week's Davis Cup quarter-final between Russia and France [Images] at Moscow's [Images] Olympic Stadium. The third grand slam of the year begins at Flushing Meadows in New York on August 29.
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