B-day injury woe for Andy
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ByEurosport
Published 15/05/2007 at 21:58 GMT
Andy Murray says he is a serous doubt for this month's French Open after suffering tendon damage to his right wrist during a first-round match at the Hamburg Masters on his 20th birthday.
TENNIS 2007 Hamburg Masters Andy Murray
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Serving for the opening set at 5-1 in his first-round match with Italy's Filippo Volandri, the number one Briton dropped his racket and shrieked in pain gripping his right wrist after a routine forehand.
Continually holding onto the hand on the sidelines, Murray told the trainer that he felt as if "something was moving" in his wrist.
"I've obviously got quite a lot of pain in my wrist, I just hit one shot and really couldn't pick up my racket after that," Murray said after a scan at the hospital revealed there was no fracture.
"I was playing great, I kind of proved to myself today that my claycourt game is good," he added.
The world number ten attempted to play on after taping up the wrist, but again was forced to leave the court and bellow in pain after hitting another forehand two points later.
"Obviously you don't want to be getting injuries right before a slam, I'm not too confident about the French Open now, which is a bit disappointing," Murray said.
The French Open runs from May 27 to June 10 giving Murray less than two weeks to recover.
Murray has skipped much of the claycourt season after injuring his back in a doubles match with brother Jamie at the start of last month's Monte Carlo Masters.
"I've never really had any injuries that have kept me out for a long time," Murray said. "Hopefully in a few days my wrist will be feeling a lot better, and I can see what will happen from there."
The Scotsman was eliminated from his opening match in last week's Rome Masters, falling to Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-1 1-6 6-3 in the first round.
Volandri, who beat world number one Roger Federer on his way to the semi-finals in Rome, will next face Argentine Jose Acasuso.
Acasuso eased past Spanish qualifier Guillermo García-Lopez 6-3 6-4 to reach the second round in Hamburg.
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