"It is not a miracle, I wouldn't say that, but it was very long and difficult, more than a year. I thought I would be out only a few weeks. It lasted a whole year with many moments of doubts. It was extremely long and tough. I really needed to have the willpower to come back, to have the strength to go through rehab and everything, and I'm very happy to be here now."
"Of course there were those questions in my mind. I was afraid things wouldn't happen the way I wanted them to happen, and when you have those difficult times and those doubts, you know you need to go through rehab to be able to live a normal daily life anyway."
"So in my mind, one way or the other, I knew I would want to come back. Maybe saying good-bye, having pain would be an option, but for the time being things are going well. I can practise a lot, which is good. I hope I'll be able to do that the whole year."
"Of course I'm far from being as fit as I want to. I need to work a lot physically and tennis-wise too,” Wawrinka said. “But this happens with tournaments, with matches, but I also am happy to be at that level right now compared to when I started playing again."
"Mainly what I need is practise with the best players, to practise a lot. I only started playing again at the end of the month of February, so I don't have a lot of tennis under my belt. I have to go through this. My level is pretty good in practice, but of course I need to find also my game during matches. The puzzle is a bit complicated. Sometimes you need time before you are able to coordinate all this. "
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