Ivanisevic to play despite toe injury

Goran Ivanisevic will play in the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup despite a freak accident in the shower.

Goran Ivanisevic will play in the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup despite a freak accident in the shower.

The Croatian, who takes daily painkillers for his damaged left shoulder, stubbed his toe in the shower of his Sydney hotel on Wednesday.

The minor but painful injury forced him to miss a practice session later that day.

But tournament officials said Ivanisevic trained today and would not need scans of the injury. "There's no problem, he's ready to play," a tournament spokesman said.

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Ivanisevic has been drawn in a four-man group with top seed Gustavo Kuerten, clay court specialist Juan Carlos Ferrero and Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

The second group features Australians Lleyton Hewitt and Pat Rafter, American Andre Agassi and Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean.

Germany's Tommy Haas is on call as an alternate should any players be unable to make the $3.7 million tournament's eight-man field.