Forget Paris? Hingis Has Surgery on Knee After Fall From Horse

Martina Hingis, the world’s No. 1 women’s tennis player, underwent arthroscopic surgery on her left knee Wednesday after suffering partially torn ligaments in a fall from a horse.

The injury comes just as Steffi Graf, whom Hingis, 16, dethroned as No. 1, is recovering from a knee injury and planning a comeback in a tournament in mid-May in Berlin.

Hingis, who won the Australian Open and is 31-0 in matches this year, had hoped to bid for her second Grand Slam victory, at the French Open in Paris, May 26-June 8.

“It is certain that Martina will have to miss Hamburg [next week], Rome and Berlin,” said her mother and coach, Melanie Molitor. “We’ll have to wait and see if she can play at the French Open.”