Kazakh star Yulia Putintseva is back on the practice court after a kidney surgery kept her out of the Qatar Total Open last week.

The world No. 38 reached the third round of the 2021 Australian Open, but suffered a surprising loss to Storm Sanders at the Adelaide International to end her Australian summer swing.

Putintseva later shared on social media that she had been diagnosed with a kidney stone.

Putintseva returns 
to court after 
kidney surgery

Putintseva returns to court after kidney surgery

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Putintseva returns 
to court after 
kidney surgery

Putintseva returns to court after kidney surgery

*@yulia_putintseva/Instagram*

Forced to withdraw from the Qatar Total Open, the 26-year-old,who went viral during the strict 14-day quarantine ahead of the Australian Open, returned to Florida and shared an update that suggested her recovery was moving in the right direction.

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Putintseva may well be back in time for the Miami Open; in her 2019 appearance, she pushed former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova to three dramatic sets in the Round of 16.