Ofner plans comeback for mid -March – Diepresse.com

Sebastian Ofner, Austria's tennis number one, is almost five months after his latest heel operation before his tournament comeback. Although pain is still plagued by him, the 28-year-old is confident, from March 17th with several Challenger tournaments in Spain to start his season this year, at the end of which he would like to be among the top 100 in the world rankings. Herwig Straka is new as a manager on Ofner's side as the successor to Moritz Thiem.

« Yesterday I stood on the pitch for the first time for two hours with a points situation, » said Ofner on Friday at a press conference at his sponsor in Graz. The pain in the left heel was « relatively constant at a certain level », but was bearable. Overall, Of the season, of the season is optimistic. The physical problems in the heels are fixed with the OPS: “I am always in contact with the doctors. I know nothing can happen, it doesn't matter how big the pain is. « 

Any stress break after the first tournaments

After the Challenger tournaments on sand in Murcia, Girona, Menorca and Madrid – depending on how things are going there – after the Challenger tournaments – depending on how things are going – a possible exertion break. After that, the ATP-Masters 1000 tournaments in Rome or Madrid could continue using its « Protected Ranking » (nine times in nine months as number 74) or a wildcard and possibly also in Munich, Geneva or Hamburg. In any case, OFNER will be there at the French Open in Paris at the end of May.

His goal, which was already set in the APA interview at the beginning of January, to get among the top 100 tennis players in the world again by the end of the year, kept the 117th upright upright. Ofner would like to reach the top 30 in the next few years. So far 37 has been his best placement. « I can still have a few for a few good years, » Offerner emphasized, while on Friday, as his manager, emphasized the closer landmann Straka presented on Friday, that of OFNER's career could easily take « five to ten » years.

Straka, ATP long-term functional, tournament organizer and manager of Thomas Must and Dominic Thiem brings great tennis circus experience, scattered its new protégé several times and said with regard to the upcoming comeback, « a lot is possible for Ofner ». However, Ofner himself emphasized that his pain on sand was significantly lower than on hard court or especially on grass. He wants to compete in the lawn tournaments in Mallorca and Wimbledon.