FORMER Wimbledon champion Pat Cash has set himself a modest goal as he
continues his comeback in a series of Australian tennis tournaments over
the next five weeks.
Injury-plagued Cash missed most of 1993 with a knee injury and is
making another return to the circuit after back surgery. The 29-year-old
will partner Kristine Radford on the Australian team to contest the
Hopman Cup, which starts on Saturday at the Burswood Superdome.
''My only goal is to survive the Australian season without injury,''
said Cash, who has been granted a wild-card entry into next month's
Australian Open in his home city of Melbourne and has been rebuilding
his game by playing satellite tournaments in Europe.
''The main thing is I've had no problems with my back or knee,'' he
said. ''I've played about six or seven tournaments in a row now, so I
feel as though I'm getting into some sort of groove.''
Cash, who won Wimbledon in 1987 and had a world ranking of No.4 in
1988, said he was excited by the prospect of again facing some of the
big names.
''Playing the small tournaments in Europe is not a great motivator but
there is a great field for the Hopman Cup,'' he said. ''This will be the
first time I've come up against the top players, and the competition is
seriously tough.''
The Czech Republic team of Petr Korda and Jana Novotna, the defending
champion pair, is top-seeded for the 12-nation event ahead of Germans
Boris Becker and Anke Huber.
Cash and Radford play their first-round match against South Africans
Christo van Rensburg and Amanda Coetzer on Sunday.
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