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Milos Raonic describes recovery as a “Catastrophe”

By Keshav Gopalan

INDIAN WELLS, CA - MARCH 16: Milos Roanic of Canada lunges for a serve while playing Sam Querrey during quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 16, 2018 in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
INDIAN WELLS, CA - MARCH 16: Milos Roanic of Canada lunges for a serve while playing Sam Querrey during quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 16, 2018 in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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Milos Raonic has had a good week so far in Indian Wells. After barely making it into the draw as a seeded player, Milos was awarded a seeding after the tournament saw several withdrawals, including Rafael Nadal.

In an interview posted on tennisworldusa, Raonic opened up about his road from recovery and rehab. While fans and experts alike were aware of his wrist surgery before the US Open and a hamstring injury in February, the former world number three divulged details of the various injuries he suffered in 2017.

‘Right adductor, left glut at the beginning of the year. Then I tore my hamstring beginning of February. After Wimbledon, I had to have wrist surgery. Through the summer I tried to play a few events, tried to treat the issue.

That wasn’t possible. I had surgery just before the US Open. Was hoping to start my offseason in the early weeks of October. No, early weeks of November. And then in November I had — I hurt my knee. I hurt my meniscus, so I couldn’t play for six weeks. Started training just before the Australian Open, and I’m here today.’

This Explains a lot of things

The injury to the meniscus explains the poor start to the season, which saw Raonic lose to Australian newcomer Alex De Minaur in Brisbane and Lukas Lacko in the Australian Open. Both losses were in the first round. The confirmation of the lack of practice also explains the significant gain in weight we had seen at the beginning of the year (see below).

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 31: Milos Raonic of Canada speaks at a press conference during day one at the 2018 Brisbane International at Pat Rafter Arena on December 31, 2017, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 31: Milos Raonic of Canada speaks at a press conference during day one at the 2018 Brisbane International at Pat Rafter Arena on December 31, 2017, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) /

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Skipping the four ATP 500 events in February, Raonic instead opted to play in Delray Beach, where he was the defending finalist. However, he fell in the Round of 16 to Steve Johnson. Raonic is in the Semi-Finals of the Indian Wells Masters and faces 6th seed Juan Martin Del Potro for a spot in his fourth Masters final.

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