Jan 28, 2010
Update about Kei
Kei will not participate in the Dallas Challenger as planned as Kei is working with his racket sponsor to making some racket changes. These changes are currently being worked on and Kei is still very hopeful he will play in San Jose.
Jan 23, 2010
Kei skip Hawaii.
Kei's arm flared up a little today and decided to skip Hawaii next week.
Kei has come a long way and is already playing three sets a day pain free.
However, Kei wants to make sure that he is able to do this 4 or 5 days in a row before he goes to a tournament. .
Jan 22, 2010
Kei will play in The SAP Open.
On Monday San Jose announced that Kei will be offered the Wildcard for San Jose. Kei's manager Olivier van Lindonk also confirmed that Kei will accept this WC. Kei is starting his comeback this week in Hawaii and depending how he feels after this tournament will play Dallas or not.
Kei and his team are currently working on the tournaments following San Jose.
Jan 19, 2010
Kei will make a comeback
Kei's manager, Olivier van Lindonk from IMG, confirmed today that Kei is making his comeback on the ATP Circuit at the Challenger in Hawaii next week. Kei has spent the last 2 months in Florida at the IMG/Bollettieri Sports Academy preparing his comeback following a small surgery on his arm earlier in 2009. Kei's last match was against Ivan Ljubicic in Indian Wells in March of 2009.
"Kei is in no hurry to rush back so we will look at his schedule week by week when it comes to what tournaments he will play. He has worked incredibly hard these last 3 months to get ready to play at the highest levels. At this moment, playing the right schedule and keeping his health in mind is the biggest priority."
Kei is entered in the Dallas Challenger the week after Hawaii.
Jan 12, 2010
Schedule
Kei returned to IMG Academy last month and everything is going according to plan.
Yet, Kei will not play Australian Open as it is physically and mentally too tough to start at the big tournament where it is best out of 5 sets right away.
Kei made an entry in Hawaii, an ATP Challenger event, just to have some options. No official date for the comeback yet but we will keep you posted with more in about one week.