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'I couldn't bear it': Inside Thanasi Kokkinakis's painful road to recovery after rare chest surgery
In tennis, names flicker in and out like quick flashes on a scoreboard. Some linger, others vanish until one day you realise you have not seen them in months and wonder where they may have gone.
After an unprecedented surgery, a risky graft, and years of suffering, the Australian finally reveals the truth. His goal? To return in 2026, pain-free, for one last chance. He's one of those faces ...
Thanasi Kokkinakis wanted to get back on the tennis courts as soon as possible. Playing with pain for years is certainly not easy and represents a great challenge. When you suffer from such pain year ...
Armed with a dead man's Achilles in his shoulder, Thanasi Kokkinakis is back hitting groundstrokes pain-free after undergoing revolutionary surgery in a last-ditch effort to save his tennis career.
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