Ross Hutchins says he has no qualms about making his comeback at the Brisbane International in two weeks' time.
Last January, while training at La Manga, Hutchins discovered he had Hodgkins lymphoma. The cancer had already spread throughout his body, but after six months of intensive chemotherapy, he was told he was in remission in July.
Now Hutchins is back training alongside doubles partner Colin Fleming at La Manga, and he had no hesitation about returning this year despite the association with his illness.
The 28-year-old said: "I've come here for 18 years and it's an absolute gem for me, I absolutely love it.
"I actually look at it favourably last year because it's the place that almost made me realise that I had the cancer. I will never think of this place with any negative thoughts. It's the place that fixed me."
Hutchins has just returned from a training camp with Andy Murray and top British prospect Kyle Edmund.
He goes for scans every three months to check he is still in remission but believes physically he is almost back to where he was before chemotherapy.
Source: DSG
