so much pain physically. yet, the paycheck keeps him coming back for mickey mouse titles. at least he can stop the comment "a title per season is amazing".
it's pitiful if he harrasses umpires during timeouts for massages
Yep- from I heard Murray was close to pulling out because of the knee injury so I suspect that if flairs up again for him...the draw could really open up for Andy and he could pickup some much needed ranking points before USO.
MASON, Ohio (Reuters) - Andy Roddick's U.S. Open preparations took a turn for the worst on Tuesday when he suffered a back injury in a 7-6 6-3 first round defeat by France's Jeremy Chardy at the Cincinnati Open.
Chardy, who took his place in the first round as a 'luck loser', triumphed 7-4 in a first set tie-break but Roddick struggled in the second set during which he had treatment for back spasms.
After receiving attention, Roddick's serve was noticeably slower and he was broken twice by the Frenchman who is ranked 38th in the world.
Tournament wins in Atlanta and Eastbourne had indicated an upturn in form for Roddick but now he has to see whether he will be fit to play at Winston-Salem next week or hold himself back for the Open.
"I don't know yet. You know, we're going to have to figure this thing out. I don't have all the answers for it yet," Roddick said after his loss.
The back injury came when the American went for a low shot, he said.
"I felt fine early on, and then I had one lunge forehand and, we have all had it, your back kind of goes out or spasms a little bit," Roddick explained. "It got progressively worse.
"In a perfect world I'd love to play next week. I feel like I'd benefit from that. That's what we're going to try to do," he said, adding he would evaluate the situation in three days.
Chardy will take on Russia's Denis Istomin in the second round.
Yes. He obviously can't handle it anymore. And the little successes make the situation even more painful. At least for me, as a fan. I see he can still play, but his body can't hold on.
A sympathetic tennis god put Andy's draw together, I think. Tomic will be tough in the second round but then he has a beatable JMDP (because of a questionable wrist). I've been a debbie downer this whole season but I think he can make quarters again before he gets potentially stomped on by Novak.
OK - Deb, I was wrong. Andy dropped a 141 bomb today and served constantly in 130s...Darren said he thought it was best he'd seen Andy serve in years. I have to agree.
I've always said, I don't really pay attention to how Andy is playing from the ground but if he's serving well his whole game is soo much better. It's a good sign.
Andy joked after the match about the 141 serve says "I hadn't one of those in almost 3 years". LOL.
Tomic will be a much, much tougher test. He'll need to serve well to win that.
Bob Bryan and Kim Clisters playing doubles! I would love to see that match. How fun!
Watched a bit of Andy's match today. He should have been pushing Williams around a bit more. I've stopped expecting much and am surprised with a win. Lol
LOL tickets to the Roddick-Tomic match tomorrow night are already sold out. None of the night matches have sold out until now. Andy
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