Former world No. 20 Ana Konjuh is glad that she has managed to stay healthy for the past year.
Konjuh 23, reached the US Open quarterfinal as a teenager in 2016.
Unfortunately for Konjuh, she then missed the best part of three years due to a persistent elbow injury.
Konjuh underwent four elbow surgeries but she has managed to stay healthy for the past year.
“Obviously I am proud of myself, of what I have done,” Konjuh told the WTA website.
“I think we can stop calling it a comeback at this point. I just want to stay healthy and prepare for next year and we will see what we can do.”
Konjuh's body responding well to the big efforts“I started playing at the end of last September in my first ITF, so it has been a long season for me and especially coming off an injury, I have played a lot of matches, a lot of tournaments, having to play through qualies, things like that,” she said.
“The body is good. The elbow is manageable, I would say. It is never going to be normal again, which I accept. It is just a matter of doing the best I can, taking it day by day, just to prepare for each and every match.”
Konjuh, who enjoyed lots of success as a junior, is happy to see that her rivals from the junior days -- Naomi Osaka, Jelena Ostapneko, Daria Kasatkina and Belinda Bencic -- are doing well.
“We had a great generation and I think a lot of younger girls are coming as well,” Konjuh said. “So I just feel old at this point on the tour when they are born in 2000, or something like that. I am like, ‘How old is that?’
“It is great to see so many champions, so many girls breaking through and seeing that we all have exactly the same chance right now."
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