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Ian Chadband

Kokkinakis has surgery to end 'torture' of pec injury

Thanasi Kokkinakis, who's felt tortured by his pec injury, has had surgery to try to correct it. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian tennis battler Thanasi Kokkinakis is recovering from an operation he hopes will put an end to the "mental and physical torture" he's been suffering with a long-standing pectoral injury.

The 28-year-old Davis Cup player posted a photograph on social media on Thursday, showing him in hospital after the procedure while he also admitted that he was facing his "toughest challenge".

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