PARIS : Former French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova celebrated her return to Roland Garros with a dominant win over Czech Linda Fruhvirtova on Monday and said she had feared for her career a year ago due to a knee problem.The 31-year-old enjoyed her best run at a Grand Slam at the 2021 tournamen
PARIS : Former French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova celebrated her return to Roland Garros with a dominant win over Czech Linda Fruhvirtova on Monday and said she had feared for her career a year ago due to a knee problem.
Pavlyuchenkova said she was forced to go through extensive rehabilitation and stopped playing tennis completely for around five months, with the lack of physical activity during the process leaving her out of shape. "There were also thoughts, like 'OK, what if I never come back? Or if I skip that long, because I've never done it... what if I never win a match or never be back in good shape? What if that's it?'
"I barely could jog, walk or sit down. It was painful all the time. So that was definitely not a knee for a professional athlete. I had to make that decision. I had to go for it."
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