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  • Pim-Pim returns for the Stockholm Open

    10/3/08 3:40 PM | Cheryl Murray
    - Joachim “Pim-Pim” Johansson, the Swede with a cannon-like seve, has announced that he will come back to tennis after announcing his retirement earlier this year.

    After years of struggling with a shoulder injury, surgery and illness, Joachim Johansson has announced officially that he is returning to the sport of tennis.

    Johansson held a press conference at the Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm on Friday to accept the final wildcard for the upcoming Stockholm Open. The Swede looked to have a promising career before being sidelined with debilitating shoulder pain. He burst onto the tennis scene in 2004, creating a huge stir by ousting defending US Open champion Andy Roddick in the first round at Flushing Meadows. He marched all the way to the semi-finals.

    In the summer of 2005 he had surgery on his shoulder. He attempted several comebacks over the next two years, but he never seemed fully healed. In February of this year, Pim-Pim announced that the surgery and subsequent rehabilitation had not been effective, and that as a result he was forced to retire.

    Of late, Johansson has been working with Spaniard Carlos Moya and his team to try different rehab strategies. The new treatments, as well as some much-needed rest, seems to have done the trick. Johansson will make his 2008 debut in front of his home crowd, all of whom will undoubtedly have their fingers crossed.

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incredible news...lets just hope it stays that way.

RickyDimon , 10/3/08 4:44 PM


So fucking great!

Sebastian , 10/3/08 5:23 PM


he couldn't ask for a better place to return to action. good news!

trixxyfest , 10/4/08 6:09 AM


Good news.

milivice , 10/4/08 9:43 PM


Go Pim-Pim! I like him too. Saw him win the Adelaide hard court few yrs ago. Am so pleased he's returning to the game. Hope he stays fit and healthy and stick around for a while.

tenstar , 10/5/08 3:38 AM


I just hope he can stay somewhat healthy this time. He's tried to come back before, only to get hurt again.

cherylmurray , 10/6/08 4:38 PM


True, but before he got hurt again he defeated Nadal :)

EinarBerg , 10/6/08 4:55 PM


Must have been quite a defeat if he got hurt after that :)

jean , 10/7/08 3:17 PM



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