I hope Yuki recovers from his injuries. His win over Pouille last year at Indian Wells was (I hoped at that time) a turning point in his career. It is clear that his body is not able to sustain the level of play needed to win at that level. Both body and game needs attention from a really good coach - and our very own AITA sadly can do nothing to help. Oh yes, they will make excuses and they will blame Yuki for the same. Great spin masters the AITA have always been and will continue to be.PKBasu wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:11 am Nobody knows what's happening with Yuki. Whatever it is, I hope the medical solution works once and for all.
Watched Lucas Pouille play utterly superb tennis in the second set (especially the tiebreak) on the way to a 4-set victory over Raonic which took him to the Australian Open singles semifinal. And, of course, it reminded me of the consummate ease with which Yuki defeated Pouille 64 64 at Indian Wells last year -- at a time when Pouille was at his career-high ranking of 10 (he is now ranked 30!). And of course I was also reminded of how Yuki met Raonic at Queen's Club, and conceded after losing the first 1-6.
Yuki's body has failed to cooperate with his career. We have had brief glimpses of brilliance amid piles and piles of injury and recovery time. It has been a tragic career so far. I hope the doctors are taking really good care to ensure he comes back from this latest injury for a serious career now.
We all know what is really needed - funding for a world-class physio and coach for at least one full year of travel on the international circuit. This would be befitting for a national champion at that time and must in fact be provided for all 4 DC players all the time.
The Gunner will be facing the same problem soon - and we dont have cross-sport collaboration in India in these and other critical areas. Coach Gopinath in Badminton and Captain Kohli in Cricket can surely help if approached in the right way. This is squarely in the hands of the AITA.
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