On 06/07/2017 18:45, Gracchus wrote:
> The only time I ever saw Jimmy Connors play live was in Miami late in his career when he was
> coming back from wrist surgery. A Russian nobody beat him easily. It was disappointing for me
> as a fan and spectator, but I didn't resent Connors for it. That was the natural first step in
> him returning to competitive play after targeted rehab and the practice court.
I'm nitpicking perhaps - Connors had surgery on his wrist in Oct 1990. I
think his arm was in a cast until the end of Jan. He then played at Key
Biscayne in mid-March 1991, beating German Udo Riglewski 6-4, 6-4 in R1,
before losing to an Italian, Cristiano Carrati 4-6, 3-6 in R2.
Carrati was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open earlier in 1991,
and reached the same stage in Miamai 1991. He never ranked higher than
148 in the world though.
Also, it seems that Connors played in Chicago at the end of Feb, losing
6-3, 6-0 to Jaime Yzaga,
Of course he may well have had wrist surgery at other times too, and
that is the comeback you recall.
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