2023-11-12 04:12:27
Two and a half months following her short-term cancellation for the US Open due to a wrist injury, Julia Grabher’s recovery is currently going according to plan. Of course, it will still be some time before the Vorarlberg native can pick up the racket competitively once more. This weekend she kept her fingers crossed for the Austrian women’s team in the Schwechat play-off of the Billie Jean King Cup from the ÖTV bank. It is unclear whether she will be part of the first ÖTV team in 2024.
“I don’t think that far ahead,” said Grabher when asked by the APA – Austria Press Agency. “It just depends on the next few weeks. I just have to get into playing and training properly. Then we’ll make a good plan.” Since the operation on September 6th, she has trusted the doctors completely. “I tore the extensor tendon. If it grows together on its own, you don’t know how stable it is. That’s why I preferred the operation.”
Because it is important for them that it becomes 100 percent once more, and not just 70 or 80 percent. That’s why she “doesn’t want to be impatient and doesn’t rush into anything. The main thing is that things get better once more.” Optimal and the goal would be to play tournaments once more from mid-March. “Then the six months that I need for a protected ranking are over. That’s why it wouldn’t make sense to start two or three weeks earlier and risk something. That’s how the plan was given by the doctor.”
She hasn’t had a splint for two weeks, and last week she was back on the field for the first time since the injury occurred, said the 27-year-old. Grabher currently works with softballs, but only for half an hour a day. “I see the small steps as positive, but I only have to increase the load slowly. I hope to be able to train fully once more in mid-December.” Otherwise, trainer Günter Bresnik’s protégé is currently doing a lot of fitness training in the southern part of the city.
The injury was an extreme setback, her worst setback to date. “I was in really good shape, had my best ranking (54, note). It happened overnight, with a forehand. I’ve probably played it two million times. But the wrist is not a nice injury for a tennis player . But that’s part of competitive sport, there are always ups and downs.” Dominic Thiem had a similar injury, but not the same. “It’s always a bit individual.”
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