“I’m on the right path. Now hopefully it will start soon,” said Julia Grabher in an ORF interview on Friday. There are several options at which tournament she could make her comeback. But Grabher doesn’t want to reveal these options because the 27-year-old doesn’t want to rush anything.
“In the best case scenario, a few smaller tournaments start in four weeks,” added Grabher in another press interview with the APA. “Then we’ll see where I stand and what’s still missing.” The Dornbirn native, who is now training in Vienna, was in her hometown on Friday and answered questions from the local media at a press event.
Normal training for a few weeks
In December she increased her training with light balls a little, and she has been training normally again for a few weeks, Grabher said in the interviews. She can hit again with full load. “In the next few weeks it will be important to play some points again and get match practice.”
There have been ups and downs over the past few weeks. “At the moment I’m on schedule and that’s very pleasing. “In the end, things are going in the right direction,” says Grabher: “I see light at the end of the tunnel.” Before she gets back into the tournaments, she has to have the feeling that she is competitive.
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ORF Julia Grabher is preparing for her comeback – including muscle training… ORF …and ice bathing. ORF and Shourot Grabher answered questions from Vorarlberg media representatives on Friday. Here in conversation with ORF sports editor Thomas Österle.
Training in Vienna’s Südstadt
The woman from Dornbirn said it wouldn’t take a week or two. “Playing under pressure is not an easy thing. That will only be trained in the next few weeks.” And now more and more in Vienna’s Südstadt, “because the focus is now more and more on tennis,” after having been with her brother and touring coach Alexander Grabher, who is three years older than her, in previous phases of injury I also worked increasingly in Vorarlberg.
“The Olympic Games are a dream of mine”
Physically she feels good and ready – with the Olympics one of her goals is getting closer and closer. “The Olympic Games don’t happen every year, it’s a dream of mine that I take part in them and I’ll do everything I can to be there,” said Grabher in an ORF interview.
“For me, the first thing is to get match practice again at smaller tournaments. Then I’ll see where I am. OIympia is still a long way away at the moment, Grabher added to the APA. Qualification for the games via the ranking runs until 10 June, with her “protected ranking” of 73, she has a chance of slipping into the Olympic field. In any case, Grabher clearly has her sights set on the French Open in Paris from May 20th.
Situation “better than expected”
Grabher thanked her team of doctors – also for their support after the operation. “I’m in a good situation, better than I thought. After such a serious injury, that’s not something to be taken for granted. Everything looks very good, which is very pleasing. Right now I’m just focused on the process and getting to where I am now.”
Protected Ranking
If a player is injured for a longer period of time, he or she automatically slips down the world rankings. If the injury lasts six months or longer, the person affected can apply for a protected ranking so that they do not have to enter the tournament with a much worse world ranking position. This protected ranking applies to eight tournaments.
2024-02-23 14:05:01
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