“I will be flying to Germany on Monday to make further examinations and to determine the best and quickest way for me to recover.”
Zverev, who was gunning for his maiden Grand Slam title and would have taken over as world number one had he succeeded in his quest, was 7-6, 6-6 down when he took the tumble that ended what had looked like becoming a memorable contest.
He said on Friday he was concerned the injury, which caused him to scream in pain on court Philippe Chatrier, was “very serious”.