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Marina Erakovic - Source: Photosport
Marina Erakovic feels like a tennis beginner again ahead of her long awaited return from injury.
She restarts her career at an ITF tournament in Italy this weekend after almost seven months hampered by a hip and then an ankle injury.
The 21 year-old says she has been training in Barcelona for the last few months.
Erakovic says she took it step by step from building fitness, to improving her shots.
She says the clay courts in Spain have been great for her movement although she still needs to wear an ankle brace.
Erakovic's world ranking has slipped to 239 after a career high of 49.
Erakovic will start in qualifying as she is using her current ranking, but can use a protected ranking to enter major tournaments in and around the Australian Open next year.
