John Millman has set some high ambitions for the 2019 season as he looks to continue his momentum in Asia next month.
The Australian defeated Roger Federer at the US Open earlier in the month to reach the last eight in New York before losing to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.
The 29 year old is looking to build on his momentum in Asia next month where he heads to Japan and China for more wins.
In an interview with Fox Sports Australia, Millman revealed that he is still recovering from a hip injury and has withdrawn next week’s Chengdu Open.
“I will be pulling out of Chengdu today. I tested it yesterday and it’s improving but not ready, I’m planning on playing Tokyo still. I didn’t know it was a tear until I had a scan in Austria. It’s a couple of weeks thing only, but it was quite painful.”
After Tokyo, Millman plans on playing events in Shanghai, Stockholm and Basel before ending his season at the final masters 1000 event of the season in Paris.
However the world number 37 has revealed that he has motivation to end the season well as his aim is to be seeded for the grand slam events in 2019.
“The next step for me is to make the most of it and win matches and go on another big run after the US Open,” Millman explained.
“I have some ranking points to defend toward the end of the year, but after I ticked off my goal for the year of making the top 50, the next step is getting a seed at a Grand Slam, which is top 32. I’m getting close now.”
The ITF announced a few weeks ago that the grand slam events for 2019 will still have 32 seeds despite rumours that they would change to 16 seeds.
The Australian’s next tournament is in Tokyo, Japan which starts on the 1st of October.
