Soderling delays comeback plans
February 11, 2012 12:45:48 UK
The two-time French Open finalist Robin Soderling will not be ready to return to action soon after suffering a setback in his recovery from glandular fever.
The 27-year-old Swede, who was beaten by Roger Federer in the 2009 final at Roland Garros and by Rafael Nadal 12 months later, has not played since July 2011 due to the illness.
He had hoped to return to action this month but that will not now happen and he has not set any new return date.
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Soderling, who was ranked as high as number four in the world in November 2010, said: "I was hoping to be ready for tournaments in February but unfortunately I am not there yet.
"The good news is that the symptoms of the 'mono' like sore throat and fever are gone, but for some reason my body still cannot handle intense training. I get very tired when I do something physical. I am working with my medical team to understand why and what the next step is. My full focus of each day is to get healthy and strong.
"Hopefully it won't be much longer but I cannot compete until I am 100 per cent fit."
Soderling is 2001.00 to win this year's French Open title while Federer can be backed at 9.00, Nadal at 1.83 and Novak Djokovic at 2.87.
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