Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic has been unable to resume on court training due to a slightly torn adductor muscle that hampered his play in a Semi Final loss to Andy Murray at the Australian Open last month.
Raonic had difficulty pushing off his right leg in the later stages against with the Brit coming back from 2 sets to 1 to win the epic encounter. He said he has been able to do strength work and off-court training since then but hasn’t hit balls because of the two-centimetre tear in the adductor.
“I’ve been able to push myself somewhat in the fitness aspect of it and now I have to see how it translates to the court,” Raonic said. There is no date set to mark his return and the Canadian plans to meet again with doctors in the coming days and is hoping to get clearance to resume on-court sessions next week.
The Canadian remained optimistic and said that there is a chance he’ll be ready in time to play at the ATP World Tour 500 Series stop in Acapulco, Mexico which takes place later this month. “I wish I could have pushed even further in Australia,” Raonic said. “But I believe in upcoming events I’ll have even more opportunity to do even better.”
Despite the injury, Raonic might participate in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Ricoh Coliseum. He’ll play on a Canadian team that will feature former NBA players Tracy McGrady and Rick Fox, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, former WNBA star Tammy Sutton-Brown, actors Kris Wu, Stephan James, Tom Cavanagh and television personalities Drew and Jonathan Scott.
Raonic said he has always been a big fan of Toronto’s NBA club and loved watching former Raptors stars Vince Carter and Damon Stoudamire back when they starred with the team.“I’ve been asking if there is any way I can play in the NBA celebrity game for three or four years now,” he said. “It just worked out that it came in Toronto and I was like, ‘I’ve got to be a part of this.’”
