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Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz can’t seem to catch a break. What started out as a promising career has been constantly stalled by injuries. This time around, it’s a patellar tendon rupture in his left knee. The Polish giant was reportedly considering calling it a season by withdrawing from his final three events in Vienna, Basel and Paris-Bercy. However, he announced earlier today that he is undergoing treatment and expects to be ready for Vienna. The injury was suffered in Winston-Salem back in August, where he reached the second round.

61st ranked Janowicz has had a very poor year, going 23-22 and only winning more than two matches in a row once. The lone highlight on the main tour was a finals appearance in Montpellier, but a viral infection forced him to retire in the opening set. This past week, he reached the final of the Challenger Tour event in Orleans, France, where he was upset in three sets by world number 136 Jan-Lennard Struff. However, he did win the Hopman Cup at the beginning of the year with Agnieszka Radwanska.

This left knee injury is the latest in a long line of injuries for Janowicz. He suffered a back injury not long after his run to the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2013. A broken bone in his foot caused a slow start to 2014 and another foot injury followed that summer. Then there was his illness this past February which struck at the worst possible moment, limiting him to just three games in the Open Sud de France final. Now it’s the left knee injury preventing him from being competitive on the tour.

While Janowicz now intends to play out the season, withdrawing from his last three events of the season would not be a bad thing, as he went 0-2 on the European indoor hard courts last year and has no points to defend, so his ranking will not drop if he withdraws. It might be a good idea for Janowicz to withdraw, heal and hopefully be healthy in January for the Australian Open.

There have always been high expectations for Janowicz since he broke onto the tour in dramatic fashion in 2012, reaching the final of the Masters 1000 event in Paris as a qualifier in his first attempt. However, he has never backed up that result apart from reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2013. Injuries and inconsistency have dogged Janowicz throughout his career. Janowicz will be 25 in November. He still has time, but considering the lack of success and consistent injuries he’s had, he may not be the star the world thought he would be.