Storm Hunter set her sights on a return to motion at Indian Wells and representing Australia at Billie Jean King Cup – each targets she has met as her comeback positive aspects momentum.
Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 April 2025 | Matt Trollope
Storm Hunter admitted it felt good to see her doubles rating soar greater than 1000 locations larger after her latest Miami Open quarterfinal run with Caroline Dolehide.
The Australian, within the early levels of her comeback after rupturing her Achilles tendon, had slipped to world No.1482 on account of nearly a 12 months out of competitors.
However these match wins in Miami have boosted her again as much as 334th and added some spring to her step as she returns residence to signify Australia in subsequent week’s Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers.
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“I do know it’s actually onerous to get again to the highest 10, prime 20 in doubles – it’s one thing I don’t take without any consideration, I do know that I’ve to work actually onerous to get again up there,” Hunter instructed tennis.com.au after a workforce coaching session in Brisbane.
“So I’m simply taking it one step at a time, not making an attempt to be impatient and making an attempt to hurry it and anticipate issues to occur. It’s not each day you go up 1000 locations, so making an attempt to rejoice these moments as properly.
“Even with my shoulder harm 5, six years in the past, once I was out and had no rating, each week that I moved up just a little bit, my household would screen-shot the rating being like, OK, you moved up just a little bit extra.
“And it was actually cool, as a result of then I ended up attending to No.1, and I’ve all of those screenshots over like three or 4 years of my rating development.
“So type of doing the identical factor once more now.”
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Hunter was concentrating on a return to the tour at Indian Wells however truly made her comeback per week earlier, in Austin.
It was a three-tournament circuit by america that received her again into the swing of travelling and competing, and means she returns to Billie Jean King Cup play – her favorite weeks on tour – with some wind in her sails.
It stays to be seen if she is chosen to play for the Aussie workforce that meets Kazakhstan on Thursday and Colombia on Saturday.
But Hunter is solely thrilled to be again within the fold and is having fun with the vitality among the many workforce because it targets a return to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals – this 12 months being held for the primary time in Shenzhen, China.
TIE INFORMATION: Australia – Colombia – Kazakhstan
“Once I had my harm 12 months in the past now, it was an enormous purpose to be part of the workforce right here within the Billie Jean King Cup. When [captain] Sam [Stosur] requested me I used to be actually, actually excited, as a result of she’s taking of venture on me – I haven’t performed a lot,” she stated.
“However I really feel like I’m hitting the ball properly, my physique feels actually good. Simply actually good vibes among the many workforce; we’ve got a number of younger’uns truly, so it’s conserving every part type of gentle and bubbly and contemporary, which is very nice.
“Everybody’s actually hitting superb. It’s truly loopy; we have been speaking this morning, like, oh my god, everybody’s feeling the ball rather well. And I feel it’s that consolation of being residence, being again in Australia after being on the highway for the previous 5, six weeks.
“Simply being a part of the workforce, I feel it all the time brings out the perfect in a variety of the Australian gamers.”
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