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Juan Martin del Potro to Undergo Second Surgery on His Right Knee in Miami

Juan Martin del Potro to Undergo Second Surgery on His Right Knee in Miami

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The former World No.3 has been suffering pain since his first surgery on the knee in June of 2019.
2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will undergo a second surgery to his right knee on Monday in Miami. Del Potro had surgery on the knee in Barcelona in June of 2019 after he re-injured his patella at the Fever Tree Championships in London.

“After his previous operation performed in June by Dr. Angel Ruiz Cotorro in Barcelona, the recovery progressed, but pain persisted throughout,” Del Potro’s team said in a written statement.

Tennis Express

The pain limited Del Potro’s ability to train as he was forced to cancel his commitments late last season, including an exhibition in South American with Roger Federer. After consultations with doctors in South America, the United States and Europe, Del Potro’s team reports that most doctors believed a new intervention on the knee is necessary.

Dr. Lee Kaplan will perform the surgery today (January 27th) in Miami.

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Dominic Thiem’s Partnership with Thomas Muster Cut Short at Australian Open

Dominic Thiem’s Partnership with Thomas Muster Cut Short at Australian Open

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The Austrian cut tes with the Austrian legend after two rounds in Australia. Dominic Thiem‘s new partnership with former Austrian legend Thomas Muster has proven to be short-lived. Thiem announced recently that Muster would spend 20 weeks with his team this year, but after Muster sat courtside in Thiem’s box for two matches at the Australian Open, he was already let go by the third.

Tennis Express

"We ended our working relationship," Thiem told Austrian reporters at the Australian Open. "It did not fit. It's easy like that. It is just about work. We get along well personally, and we said in the beginning, if anything is not all right we will tell each other."

Thiem will continue working with Nicolas Massu and his father, Wolfgang.

"I'm 26," Thiem said on Monday. "I'm not the youngest anymore. So I really have to be careful with my career now. I have to take really the right decisions, and I'm also a little bit experienced already. So, I mean, I cannot explain what feeling it was, but it was just there. So I decided to take that decision and to continue like I worked last year, because it worked out very well."

According to Tennis Magazin, Thiem elaborated further:

“Tom put a lot of pressure on me, especially in the boxing coaching,” he said. “The pressure that I put on myself is big enough. It is not easy when two different characters meet. Then I said that it is better that I continue like last year.”


According to Eurosport journalist Mario Harter, Muster said the following in an interview with Boris Becker:

“I saw myself fully involved for the next two years. […] Frankly spoken, there are houses that look nice from the outside, but you rarely know who lives inside.”

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Roger Federer is Many Things, But He’s Not an Ice Bath Guy

Roger Federer is Many Things, But He’s Not an Ice Bath Guy

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The Swiss likes to keep it simple when it comes to his post-match recovery.


We’ve all hear that tennis players like nothing more than to dip their tired, aching bodies into a freezing cold ice bath after a match. It’s trendy. It’s smart. And it’s necessary.

Not for Roger Federer.

The Swiss admitted that he’s not buying into the ice bath craze after his Day 7 win over Marton Fucsovics at the Australian Open. He was asked how he went about the business of getting his 38-year-old body to recover after his grueling four hour and three-minute encounter with John Millman.

Tennis Express

Federer, it seems, like to recover the old-fashioned way.

“I'm a guy that doesn't do ice baths,” he said. “I tried it once, didn't like it, so I'll never do it again.”

Federer added that his recovery game hasn’t changed a whole lot over the years.

“I'm still doing the things like I used to: trying to sleep enough, take a massage and a stretch,” he said. “That's it really. Do that for as much as I can to get ready.”

Federer said that he was thankful to get through his fourth round match with Marton Fucsovics in just over two hours. And also that he’s feeling nothing unusual beyond the typical fatigue that comes with Grand Slam tennis.

“Most important is that you're not carrying any injury away from a match like this because fatigue is one thing, you can deal with that with I think mental strength,” he said. “Actually I'm very happy how I'm feeling considering my age, considering everything I've gone through throughout my career. The toughness of the first real tough match of the season for me after having not played these kind of matches for some time, it's nice to see that the work I did in the off-season paid off.”

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Tennis Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant

Tennis Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant

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Lakers superstar, who died in a helicopter crash at age 41, forged friendships with several tennis champions.
Kobe Bryant's shocking passing in a helicopter crash prompted an outpouring of tributes and love from the tennis community.

The 41-year-old Lakers legend was among nine people, including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, who perished in the crash in Calabasas, California on Sunday morning.

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An 18-time NBA all-star, Bryant was widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history. Bryant was more than a global sports icon, he was a philanthropist and a mentor to many athletes in several different sports, including Novak Djokovic.

Earlier this week, reigning Australian Open champion called Bryant his "mentor" and credited his insight and wisdom with helping the Serbian return from injury and surgery earlier in his career.

"When I was going through the injury with my elbow and struggling to mentally and emotionally handle all of these different things that were happening to me and dropping in the rankings and then having to work my way up, he was one of the people who was really there for me to give me some very valuable advice and guidelines to kind of believe and trust in myself, trust the process that I’ll be back, Djokovic told ESPN of Bryant's influence. "I’m very grateful to him for being there for me, for being very supportive. I love Kobe, who doesn’t?

"He’s an amazing guy and one of the best basketball players and athletes of all time."

A tennis fan who visited the US Open last summer, Bryant formed friendships with several champions, including Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka, Roger Federer and Djokovic.

"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do," Bryant said.

Nick Kyrgios
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Nick Kyrgios, a massive NBA fan, never met Bryant, but was inspired by the superstar's passion. Kyrgios paid tribute wearing a Kobe Bryant jersey in the warm-up of his fourth-round match vs. Rafael Nadal and said he tried to emulate Bryant's example during the match.

"When I woke up to the news, it was pretty emotional. It was pretty heavy, like, all day," Kyrgios said. "It's horrible news. 

"I mean, if anything, it motivated me. If you look at the things he stood for, what he wanted to be remembered by, I felt like, if anything, it helped me tonight. When I was down a break in the fourth, I was definitely thinking about it. I fought back."

During a visit to the US Open last summer, Bryant called fellow Nike endorser Naomi Osaka "a phenomenal talent" and praised tennis players for the solitary strength they show on court.

"The speed of the game is truly remarkable," Bryant told US Open TV. "And their footwork and the fact they're really isolated there's no teammate that can cover for them in a blown coverage."

Kobe Bryant is survived by wife Vanessa, as well as the couple’s three daughters: Natalia, 17; Bianka, 3; and Capri Kobe Bryant, born last June.

Friends, fans and players paid tribute to Bryant on social media. 



Photo credit: Getty

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