After a freak eye injury forced David Goffin to retire from his ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament semi-final two days ago, the World No. 7 has shared good news with his 195,000 followers on Instagram.
The Nitto ATP Finals runner-up thanked supporters for all of their positive messages in a short statement on the picture-sharing social media platform. “My eye is recovering well and doctors are really positive for my fast recovery,” revealed Goffin. “I am very disappointed not to be able to play at the Open 13 Provence and I hope to be back soon on court!”
Goffin suffered the bizarre injury after an attempted volley caught the frame of his racquet, redirecting the ball into his eye during the second set of his last four meeting with Grigor Dimitrov. The four-time ATP World Tour titlist found time to crack a joke however, explaining that there was one positive to come out of the unfortunate incident.
Sharing a picture alongside his girlfriend in a car, Goffin joked, “The only good thing about this bad situation is that I have my personal driver." The Belgian is next scheduled to play at the opening Masters 1000 event of the season, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, which begins 8 March.