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Lena Gercke Reports Painful Setback With Fever After Foot Injury

She says she is temporarily caring for her two young children with limited help from her also-ill mother.

Overview

  • In an Oct. 20 Instagram Story, the 37-year-old described extreme foot pain returning after descending a staircase without crutches.
  • She added that she has endured four days of fever and now suffers severe headaches.
  • Gercke sustained three fractured bones and two torn ligaments during training days before ProSieben's Promi Padel WM.
  • The injury forced her to withdraw from the Oct. 18 broadcast, with Angelique Kerber confirmed as her replacement.
  • She had seen early progress and could walk short distances at home without crutches before the relapse, and no recovery timeline has been shared beyond her updates.