She has a stress fracture in her foot at the moment, hoping to return in time for the grass season. However, it'll be touch and go, she was only supposed to have her cast on for a week but she's had it on for 2 weeks. She got the scan back the day before she was due to fly to Japan which was lucky as otherwise she could have broken something by playing on it
That doesn't sound good. I think it will be tough for her to come back for grass.
And grass will be a a level or two above what shes been used to. Its such a shame if she misses the grass season, shes been playing so well and progressed so much recently, her reward should be playing at wimbledon and possibly giving someone a scare.
Hope Georgie is better soon but feel really down about the fact that once again when we have a player who is just starting to do well a injury comes along to put a dampner on things. Let's hope she's fine for the grass season and Wimbledon but the main thing is to be right again first.
i was up at the national training centre the other day and spoke to a few people about georgie foot. no one seemed to have any stone info however they assured me that she had not got back on a court to train yet!!! which isnt good news
Paul Kelso at Wimbledon Wednesday June 27, 2007 The Guardian
Concerns have been raised about the safety of the indoor hard-court surfaces at the Lawn Tennis Association's new £40m national tennis centre after two British players who regularly use the facility suffered stress fractures to their feet in quick succession.
Natasha Khan, the British No9, and Georgina Stoop, the No6, are currently laid up with injuries to their feet. Stoop had been expected to receive a wild card for Wimbledon after a decent run of results and Khan missed out on entry to the qualifying tournament when her injury flared up after the Surbiton grass event. She also withdrew from the doubles, in which she had been scheduled to play alongside Katie O'Brien.
The similarity and timing of the injuries has raised concern among insiders that the courts at Roehampton may be a contributory factor. The centre, which opened officially in the spring, has state-of-the-art facilities including real and artificial clay courts, grass and outdoor and indoor hard courts, and the LTA last night dismissed the gripes as "excuses".
"We have absolute faith in the quality of the courts at Roehampton and we are not about to start digging them up," said a source. "This sounds like excuses for players who have got injured at an unfortunate time. You don't hear rowers complaining about sore backs or sprinters blaming the track for poor performance."
Shes not on any entry lists for the foreseeable future so things not looking good for Georgie. Its such a shame both were making great strides this year. Hopefully they will be back soon.
Not good news about Georgie, she said in early June that she was going to start hitting again soon so must have had a setback.
Really bad news about Natasha too Another one who'd made some promising strides this year and cracked top 400, has she had much to defend from July-September ?
I agree with the LTA spokesman, I can't believe that the courts at Roehampton are responsible for those injuries which must be quite common considering the amount of stress put on the feet while playing. If there was really a problem then surely the players themselves would have complained.
Natasha did enter a number of tournaments at the beginning of August, but sadly withdrew last week - I haven't seen any sign of Georgie on the acceptance lists
Another one who'd made some promising strides this year and cracked top 400, has she had much to defend from July-September ?
