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Daria Saville: Many happy returns at Wimbledon | 3 July, 2023 | All News | News and Features | News and Events

Daria Saville: Many happy returns at Wimbledon | 3 July, 2023 | All News | News and Features | News and Events

After a devastating knee injury, and a temporary office role, the high energy Daria Saville is simply delighted to launch a seventh main-draw campaign at Wimbledon.

London, Great Britain, 3 July 2023 | Vivienne Christie

It only takes the briefest glance at Daria Saville’s social media to appreciate that she loves to stay in motion.

Featuring everything from fashion to training tips and travel – but most of all her beloved dachshund, Tofu – it shows an outgoing 29-year-old who is constantly on the move.

So when Saville suffered a devastating knee injury while competing at Tokyo last September, the then-world No.55 Australian was immediately planning her next steps.

“I phoned (my husband and fellow professional player) Luke and told him I knew straight away what I had done,” Saville said of the injury, which was quickly confirmed as an ACL tear requiring surgery.

“I messaged my surgeon that day, I sent him the footage and I was focusing on my rehab straight away.”

It was with that same relentless energy that Saville also tackled her spare time off tour – her positivity all the more remarkable for the fact she’d also endured a major knee injury nine years earlier and battled an Achilles problem that kept her off tour for much of 2020 and 2021.

“I had perspective. I’m not someone who doesn’t think there are other things in life other than hitting tennis balls,” said the Melburnian, who experienced a more conventional working life as she accepted an administrative role with Tennis Victoria.

“I just wanted to do something different and have different responsibilities.”

Meanwhile, Saville was also working hard to return to the court. “My team around me have been very supportive, I am very grateful to Tennis Australia – there was a process from day one (and) I never felt lost,” she said.

“I have my physio, strength and conditioning coaches … they were trying to motivate me and saying it’s not going to take long, and once you do the first part of the rehab it’s going to be more entertaining and you are going to be able to do a lot more.

“That’s probably what kept me going.”

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