Hip Fixed, Ellis Out of Tight Spot
Very few people knew the excruciating pain Marcus Ellis was in when he and Lauren Smith claimed mixed doubles silver at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in August. In the following weeks, along with his team,…
· DIANNE PIERRE
Very few people knew the excruciating pain Marcus Ellis was in when he and Lauren Smith claimed mixed doubles silver at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in August. In the following weeks, along with his team, Ellis made the tough decision to have his hip operated on.
“I was in pain from the tour in Bali (in 2021),” Ellis said. “So it was nine or 10 months I was going into competitions and training in considerable pain. I was told if I didn’t get this sorted now, in two years, I'd be looking at a new hip.
“It's been a really challenging six months, a lot of ups and downs. We've had some tough decisions to make and some difficult talks. But we've managed to come out the other side,” added the Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist.