Strong news about the health of Peter Lundgren, former Swedish tennis player and former coach of Roger Federer, shakes the tennis world: at 58 years old, he announced that his left foot had to be amputated due to an infection.
Lundgren had confided to his followers on social networks that he had suffered a broken ankle, but his condition worsened due to his pre-existing illnesses. “Thought I would give an update on my foot, unfortunately I had to have my foot and the top amputated 10 days ago due to the infection I had and my broken ankle which did not heal due to my type II diabetes as I have poor circulation . But now I am well again and my rehabilitation will begin soon and it is just a matter of giving him the iron now,” he wrote on Sunday on his Facebook account to the shock of the environment.
Lundgren’s story as a tennis player and Federer’s teammate
The Scandinavian, who reached number 25 in the ranking in 1985 and champion of the Cologne, Rye Brook and San Francisco ATP, also trained figures of the stature of Marcelo Ríos, Marat Safin, Stan Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov.
Between 2000 and 2003 he made the big leap by accompanying one of the best rackets in history in its early days of glory. “Roger was a very talented young man, perhaps a little lazy, he had some concentration problems, in addition to not being physically ready yet. Things started happening very quickly because he always wanted to be the best and he saw that he had the potential to achieve it. The truth is that he was a difficult person to work with, but he has a big heart and is a good guy, he grew very quickly to become the great ambassador of tennis that he is today. “I am very proud of everything he has achieved,” he told Tennis Brasil at the time. In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon.
2023-10-18 00:04:40
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