[<Eve>]

no injury or body is the same, that's not so strange......

[nalbyfan]

Hope you're right...with Nalby out for 2 months and Tommy out of sight...tennis world is really sad

[james82]

Originally Posted by nalbyfan

Gonzalez who had a hip surgery too will be back in Belgrade so I wonder why Tommy hasn't back yet..really strange !!

i hope he doesnt retire over the last year half my faves have gone Moya,Kiefer,Dent,Safin,Lappentti and Ferrero,Gonzalez and Haas have disapeared,i actually thought Ferrero was suppose to be back ages ago

[_Chaz]

I have great news, guys.

Elmar Paulke (German Sport1 commentator) just said that Tommy will make his comeback @ Madrid.

He's related to Tommy (brother-in-law) so I think we can trust him

[oranges]

I'll believe it when I see it (not so much because I don't trust the source, just because it's Tommy and anything can wrong at any given time). Fingers crossed.

[<Eve>]

IF it happens, it would be AWESOME. but indeed, have to see it first myself

[<Eve>]

Originally Posted by _Chaz

I have great news, guys.

Elmar Paulke (German Sport1 commentator) just said that Tommy will make his comeback @ Madrid.

He's related to Tommy (brother-in-law) so I think we can trust him

did he also mention a year? as I dont see Tommy in the draw, as expected...

Only Haase is in, i was happy a fraction of a second until i saw the E in the end

[Yappa]

Uhm, could it be that you're confusing Madrid with Barcelona?

He's listed in the Madrid Entry List with his protected ranking (#20).
Who knows though, maybe we'll already see him in Munich.

[STUHL]

A comeback of Haas in Madrid would be great and unexpected!

[<Eve>]

oh yes im definitely confusing it stupid

[Eden]

Tommy is currently in Munich preparing for his comeback:





He plans to come back in Madrid and at the latest in Rome.

[Ralf17]

And he already wants to play doubles with Stepanek in Munich according to German media!

[<Eve>]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/308/mdd.pdf

he's in!!!!!! yes yes yesssssss !!!!!!!

[Eden]

Translation of a short German interview with Tommy:

„This was a shock“

25.04.2011

Interview: Philipp Schneider

Tommy Haas, 33, about his long injury break, his second comeback in Munich and the reasons why he still wants to be a tennis professional

SZ: Mr. Haas, after an injury break of 14 months you are going to play at the BMW Open in Munich for the first at an international tournament. You are going to play together with Radek Stepanek in the doubles against Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley on Tuesday. How do you feel?

Haas: I’m feeling great. Everything which happens in my life couldn’t be better. With the exeption of my injuries which always throw me way back. In early February I started to practice a bit more serious. But with tennis it is that you never forget how to play it. I’m just lacking fitness and it has to be seen how my body will react now. Therefore the doubles is an ideal solution to catch up with the others. I need matches and have to learn to deal with nervousness. But I know exactly what awaits me as I already had a comeback after a shoulder injury which ist he worst of all injuries for tennis players. This time the right hip troubled me and the ellbow.

SZ: When did you decide to play here in Munich?

Haas: Just recently. My doubles partner Radek Stepanek is my neighbour in Florida. After one of our practices he told me that he was going to play in Munich. I said to him: „You know what – maybe we are going to play doubles together.“ But I was only joking. Of course I also have the whole team of physios and doctors who support me at my comeback. I’m already looking ahead. The tournaments which are important for me in the upcoming months are Paris, Halle and Wimbledon. Until then I want to be fit. Also in singles. Maybe it is already enough for one of the two next preparation tournaments for the French Open – Madrid or Rome. When I should play in Halle I’m going to feel like the title defender for sure even though I couldn’t play there the last year.

SZ: Can you describe your feelings of the past months?

Haas: When you feel that you suddenly have pains which never really go away? That’s a shock even though the doctors tell you that you can come back to the tour after a few months. It was mentally incredible helpful for me during that time that I knew that I became a father. I felt that there is a life beside tennis and that this life couldn’t be any better. Beside all this intensive training which you go through there are always setbacks where you ask yourself if tennis still makes a sense.

SZ: What is the motivation for your comeback?

Haas: I still have goals and am ambitious. I still enjoy it to toil myself. It would be great if my 5 months old daughter would see her father in one or two years on the tennis court. Not on the seniors tour but on the real one. But it has to be seen in the next months if everything will work as I wish. I would have loved to play singles here in Munich already but I’m not ready for it yet.

Source: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/ten...izig-1.1088890

[Eden]

Happy birthday to Sandra (oranges)

Nice present for you that Tommy makes his comeback now