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Darren Walton

Kokkinakis reveals the risky surgery to save his career

Thanasi Kokkinakis has been hitting balls with the Australian Davis Cup team since his surgery. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Armed with a dead man's Achilles in his shoulder, Thanasi Kokkinakis is back hitting groundstrokes pain-free after undergoing revolutionary surgery in a last-ditch effort to save his tennis career.

After years of mental and physical "torture," Kokkinakis underwent pectoral reattachment surgery in February.

Entrusting the same respected doctor who completed career-reviving shoulder surgery on Pat Rafter and Shane Warne, Kokkinakis admitted to rolling the dice.

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