Roddick out of French Open
American Andy Roddick withdrew from the French Open earlier today because of a right shoulder injury. Roddick had to pull out of the semifinals at Rome a couple of weeks ago because of this same problem.
Andy’s brother, John, had this to say about the injury. “The shoulder doctor we use is out of New York City so he was right there, and Andy had an MRI and there’s some inflammation so he pulled him from here and the French. I don’t think it’s going to be anything that’s terribly long and I would be surprised if he was not ready to go for Queens. But as for now he needs to take a good 10 days, 12 days, just rest.”
This is a tough blow to “shoulder” for American tennis. Roddick played very well in Rome, and that gave everyone a little glimmer of hope for the French. If you remember, last year not a single American man made it out of the first round. Well, 2008 isn’t looking much better.
