It was a "right arm" issue that Katie was suffering from in the Charlottesville 60K at the end of April. After 5 wins ( including 2 in qualifying ) without dropping a set she retired during the SF, and withdrew from her following scheduled tournament.
Now first tournament back she has retired with a "right elbow" issue so it's fair to think it is the same issue or at least strongly linked. Maybe something she thought had cleared and back to back matches have brought it on again.
Bah, the spirit is there, the tennis is there and would no doubt be there much more if she could get and stay properly fit.
Lets hope it's more a case of seeing the bigger picture, achieving what she wanted for the week and moving on up. She had the MTO before the tiebreak and went on to win that so hopefully precuationary. Glass half full and all that. Hopefully she'll atleast be in the draw for one of the next 2 pre Wimbledon tournaments and she's done enough this week to get herself in the frame for US Open qualifying.
It was a "right arm" issue that Katie was suffering from in the Charlottesville 60K at the end of April. After 5 wins ( including 2 in qualifying ) without dropping a set she retired during the SF, and withdrew from her following scheduled tournament.
Now first tournament back she has retired with a "right elbow" issue so it's fair to think it is the same issue or at least strongly linked. Maybe something she thought had cleared and back to back matches have brought it on again.
Bah, the spirit is there, the tennis is there and would no doubt be there much more if she could get and stay properly fit.
Will be surprised if she plays Birmingham now, would she get a WC for Eastbourne or should she rest it now until Wimbledon?
-- Edited by dodrade on Friday 11th of June 2021 08:36:48 PM
-- Edited by dodrade on Friday 11th of June 2021 08:37:05 PM
Jo seems to be playing well this week, is she actually? Hopefully she can take the title !
She's winning matches so that's an improvement plus she entered the doubles and played a couple of those which suggests her knee isn't such a worry. Wy more positives than recently.