The remainder of his career was a long twilight .
Kuerten 's decline would come later that year , when as world No. 1 he attempted to play through a seemingly innocuous hip injury at the US Open , and despite subsequent surgery was never the same again .
The remainder of Kuerten 's career was a long twilight .
Kuerten 's decline would come later that year , when as world No. 1 he attempted to play through a seemingly innocuous hip injury at the US Open , and despite subsequent surgery was never the same again .