Davydenko out of Australian Open - 俄網 Tennis

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World number five Nikolay Davydenko will miss this month's Australian Open
because of a heel injury.

The Russian pulled out of his match against Lukas Dlouhy at the warm-up event
in Chennai, India, on Wednesday after the problem flared up.

"It's obviously serious since I'll even miss the Australian Open," he said.

Davydenko reached the Masters Cup final in November, beating Andy Murray in
the semis, and would have been among the favourites in Melbourne.

"I'm having acute pain in my left heel that flared up last week," the Russian
added.

"I've had painkillers even today, and the doctors here in Chennai have tried
some therapy for a few days, but I now need to fix this before playing any
more tournaments.

"I need to check my heel and that's why I'm going home, to see what's
happening and what's wrong.

"The problem started last year, but I thought I could still continue playing.
It was (painful) even when I played the Shanghai Masters in November."

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