PTI
NUNGAMBAKKAM
India's injury-hit young tennis star Yuki Bhambri on Thursday vowed to break back into the Top 100 in 2017 so that he wouldn't have to go through the grind for the Chennai Open next year.
The 2009 junior Australian Open champion, who withdrew from last year's Aircel Chennai Open with an elbow injury and "made the mistake" of playing in the Australian Open without being fully fit, looked in good shape as he had his first practice session at the SDAT Stadium.
Yuki conceded that it was a mistake to attempt a return so soon after the injury, especially as it meant that he was out of action for the entire year. Worse, it meant that he slipped from the high of being in the Top 100 in 2015 to the despair of the mid-500s.
"It's really tough not to be in the Top 100," he said. "But I am highly motivated and I want to be back there," he added.
The 24-year-old has been training hard to get ready for the new year, going through a tough routine in Thailand.
