A well deserved award for Alisa Kleybanova  has managed to comeback to professional tennis after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, just after breaking into the top 20.

The Russian had to fight and win against the disease to be back to pro tennis last August in Toronto. It doesn’t  matter she didn’t have a great season (now she is ranked no.185), but having her back was already a wonderful news.

Kleybanova: I’m really happy to be back.

“I know things are always going to be up and down. I’m not expecting to win everything and come back to the Top 20 so quickly. But I’m ready for the journey. I’m really happy to be back. I’ve been through enough tough things already. I’m feeling great physically now, I know what I need to work on, and I got my ranking up pretty quickly already this year.” She said

“I just have to stay positive about things, have a nice off-season, train hard, stay healthy, stay away from injuries, and just have a good preparation over the next weeks to get ready for the new season. And after that, I hope to play the 2014 season from the first month to the last month.” Added Alisa

Great!