The 28-year-old suffered the injury in June at the Mallorca Open
and had to skip Wimbledon and was unable to defend his U.S. Open
title last month.
"I was in Belgium to decide if I need surgery on my wrist or not
and luckily I have very, very good news. I won't need the
surgery," the Austrian said on Twitter on Monday.
"It's really stable and it's looking good, my wrist. The next
week I have to make it more flexible and strengthen my wrist, do
everything to prepare to slowly start playing tennis again.
"I'm really looking forward to it. It's been a pretty long time
without a racquet and I honestly miss it."
Thiem's best result this season was at the Madrid Open, where he
reached the semi-finals.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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