Jerzy Janowicz hit practice court in April, targeting return in June
Former world no. 14 and a three-time ATP finalist Jerzy Janowicz has been struggling with knee injuries for years now, leaving the top-100 in April 2016 and never returning to the elite group, unable to play without problems and stay injury-free at least for five or six months. Jerzy played 25 tournaments in 2017 and almost returned into the top-100 after six ATP wins and two Challenger finals, winning the title in Bergamo. His last matches so far came in Bratislava in November that year when he retired against Mikhail Kukushkin, being forced to undergo another knee surgery since it failed to endure the efforts of playing the entire season.
Janowicz has been on a slow comeback trail ever since, eager to regain the physical shape and compete on the Tour again but delaying the return few times in 2018, including the home Challenger in Sopot in August. Back in June, Jerzy announced he is working intensely on his comeback but despite the fact his knees were fine at that moment he decided to postpone the return and wait a little bit longer before playing on a competitive level again. Janowicz played in the first ATP final on Masters 1000 debut in Paris 2012, losing to David Ferrer, and also finished runner-up in Winston-Salem 2014 and Montpellier 2015.
His last ATP tournament was Stockholm in October 2017, qualifying for the main draw and losing a tight second-round encounter against world no. 8 Grigor Dimitrov. Jerzy, who has become a father recently, is ready to make another push and he will start training in April, working in the gym and on the practice court before returning to action around June. On Monday, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist will undergo minor surgery and should start working on his comeback after that, hoping to play injury-free and return where he belongs in the upcoming years.
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