Thanasi Kokkinakis undergoes surgery to resolve a chronic pectoral injury, following recent struggles at the Australian Open and Adelaide International.

Thanasi Kokkinakis surgically repaired his pectoral muscle after trying all the options and coming to the conclusion and determining that there was nothing else but going under the knife. Going into this year's Australian swing,

Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis said he has undergone surgery in a bid to resolve a lingering pectoral injury.

Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis said he has undergone surgery in a bid to resolve a lingering pectoral injury. The 28-year-old aggravated the problem in his five-set loss to Jack Draper in the second round of the Australian Open on Jan.

Thanasi Kokkinakis has undergone surgery to try to correct the "mental and physical torture" he was suffering through a long-standing pectoral injury.

The tennis star was hampered by the issue during this year's Australian Open, where he bowed out of the men's singles draw in the second round. Kokkinakis still travelled to Stockholm in early February for Australia's Davis Cup tie with Sweden but did not play a match.