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Dear fans
As you can imagine the beginning of this season has been rather tough
for me. 2007 ended with an illness which cost me a lot of energy. I was
unable to play at the beginning of January. I was still taking
antibiotics five days before the Australian Open, making a recovery in
time for the tournament impossible. During the time in Melbourne I felt
slow and kept looking for possible reasons for that – without finding
an answer.
Some time later, during my holidays in Switzerland, I became severely
ill again. I went to the hospital straight away to get further tests
done. And it was at this time that they found out what was bothering me
all along: mononucleosis. I had had it for six weeks already, meaning
it would normally be over.
It was relieving to finally know why I had felt weak in Australia and
also later on during my holidays. So the good news really is to be
certain of what has occurred. The bad news is that I have quite some
catching up to do in terms of fitness as I am not in the physical state
that I would normally be in at this time of the year.
I have known for 10 days now that the illness is over. I have been back
to exercising at maximum level since then, before that it had only been
moderate. Unfortunately that meant that I only had about three days of
intense training before Dubai.
The match I played against Andy Murray in Dubai was a good one – taking
into consideration the circumstances. My expectations weren’t all too
high, it was a tough draw and Andy certainly played an excellent match.
Pierre Paganini, my physical coach, had joined me in Dubai for three
days to assist me with some serious training sessions. That helped a
lot and I must say that I already feel strong again. I will definitely
need more training in Indian Wells after the match against Pete Sampras
in New York. After that, Pierre Paganini will meet up with me again in
Miami for another three days of hard work. The main issue now is to get
100% fit and make up for all the training I missed out on.
I will be traveling to New York this weekend and I am really looking
forward to the match against Pete. The event has been sold out for
quite some time already. We will be competing in front of a crowd of
19’000 - what an atmosphere!
Thank you for all your continued support and see you all soon,
Roger
Mononukleoza.... isprva sam mislio da je neka dezinformacija ali sada
mi se ipak čini da nije, pa je li moguće da se oporavio tako brzo a
kako je mogao igrati kada Ančić nije ni reket mogao držati
Fedbot ili nešto drugo?