“I had a cyst in my right wrist, but I didn’t know exactly what it was till I made Jatin take a look at it. Sania gave me his number the last time she was in Delhi to see him, and so I gave him a call,” said the right-hander.

Once touted as a bright prospect when he was a junior, Shokeen’s powerful forehand in particular had been noticed as his main strength, but now he is concentrating on regenerating the same power.

“Jatin was very helpful, and I have been hitting on the courts for two months now. At one point I thought I won’t play again, but I’m glad to be back. It was tough not to play for so long. Now the injury is fine, but my shots are a bit weak, so I need to work on that,” he said.