Since there is a thread here for Rohan
, I figured I’ll update it from time to time. Some of you are in touch with me and already know how he’s doing. 2021 has been a bit rough. Lots of early round losses. He also grew a few inches, which is not a bad thing, and currently stands at 6’1”. The sudden growth (~6 inches) this past year caused some issues with his knees (Osgood Schattler’s). It sounds scarier than it is but basically there is a lot of pain in the knees that is growth related. Been to a few specialists and they assured that it’s nothing serious and will stop as soon he stops growing. Sliding and movement on clay especially are tough and he’s staying away from American green clay at the moment.
That said, we are managing the load and he has been playing junior ITFs. Staying away from USTA tournaments for now since the schedule there is a lot tougher (3 matches a day at times). ITFs are a lot better and you don’t play more than one singles and one doubles each day.
Although he had a lot of early losses this year, Rohan did pick up some good wins these past few months and came to the finals of the singles and doubles at the J5 in Abuja (Nigeria) this past week.
He is currently ranked at 493 junior ITF ranking. He working with a very good strength trainer 4x a week and there’s been a lot of progress (lower body especially) these past few months. His knees seem better and they didn’t hurt at all in Abuja. So maybe he stopped growing
He is continuing to train with Jay in NY (at Liezel Huber’s) and the focus has been to build weapons for the long term (especially the serve).
If he stays healthy, the goal is to start playing higher level tournaments (J4 and J3) for the rest of this year.
I’ll keep you all posted!! Thanks all!
