Daniil Medvedev: Russian out for one to two months to have hernia surgery

The Russian world number two says he will be out for a couple of months after having hernia surgery.

At the Miami Open on Thursday, Medvedev lost to Poland's Hurkacz and missed out on a chance to return to the top of the world rankings.

The French Open is the second grand slam of the year.

The last months I have been playing with a small hernia.

Together with my team I decided to have a small procedure done to fix the problem.

In a statement on social media, the 2021 US Open champion continued: "I will likely be out for the next 1 - 2 months and will work hard to be back on court soon. Thanks for all the support."

At the end of February, after losing to Nadal in Australia, Medvedev became world number one for the first time in his career.

He only stayed there for three weeks.