Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will be out of tennis for at least six months as she recovers from a knife attack but should be able to resume her career.
The Czech, 26, underwent surgery to tendons and nerves on her playing hand following the attack by an intruder at her home in Prostejov on Tuesday.
Kvitova faces a slow rehabilitation process after 14 days of bed rest.
The "best-case scenario" sees her playing again after six months.
Surgeon Radek Kebrle said that the operation on Kvitova's left hand went "very well, with no complications," but it will be three months until the world number 11 can even grip a racquet.