He was demolishing Volandri 5-1, playing brilliant tennis, then all of a sudden, the wrist goes. :(

The amount of pain he was in, I reckon he might be struggling for the French now :(

I know :( It looks really bad, poor Andy on his birthday too :cry: He was playing such a good match. Gutted :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

He was - he was splatting Volandri all around the court!

It only seemed to hurt him when he hit a forehand, so I assume it was the palm side of his wrist, which is probs the worst side to injure :(

I really hope he recovers in time for French Open. If not, his ranking will be slipping again, after all that hard work in reaching the top 10 : (

The irksome thing is--on top of the huge disappointment overall--is that he only had to reach the second round to defend his points in Hamburg (and was well on his way) and worse the handful of points he will lose for not doing so will actually be enough to put him out of the Top 10 and Haas back in his place (to show how close the rankings are in the 8-14 range currently).

The only faint ray of light is that he has no points to defend until Wimbledon, and barring catastrophe the injury should be healed up by then. But as with the entire clay season, a big opportunity to build up points and consolidate a Top 10 spot has gone wanting, and he will be forced to have to go straightaway into defending them if he wants to remain at or near his current placing.

Wishing Murray a happy birthday (okay little chance of that now) and a speedy recovery.

I'm so disappointed, just as he was kick starting his clay court season it looks like it's not going to happen. I can't believe some people are still slagging him off over this (noticeably on his own website!) The poor guy was WINNING comfortably and a freak accident happens, he certainly did not use it as an excuse for dropping out. I just hope he's not out for too long after all the progress he has made, it's so frustrating.

:( gutted for him - sounds like he was having a great match and for this to then happen.

cant believe people are slagging him for this WA - I havent seen any of those comments - but they sound like arses! People who were watching said he seemed to be in a good deal of pain - so its certainly no kind of an excuse.

Just hope he makes a quick recovery - wishing him all the best. And as happy a birthday he can manage on top of this.

It's mainly a few comments on his own website. He has no broken bones - phew :ok: But it looks like the French Open is out of the question. Don't think he should be too worried about that to be honest, there's always next year. Better to take time and fully recover. Fingers crossed for Wimbledon.

Devastated to hear this on the news last night. Couldn't have come at a worst time. Keeping everything cross he will be find for Wimbledon and hopefully Stella Artois. :pray: :pray:

Good news that it wasn't a break...

Murray likely to miss French Open

From BBC Sport

Andy Murray seems almost certain to miss this month's French Open after suffering tendon damage to his wrist in the first round of the Hamburg Masters.

On his 20th birthday, he was leading Italian Filippo Volandri 5-1 when he suffered the injury to his right wrist.

Murray had an MRI scan in hospital and is awaiting the full results but he confirmed he has not broken any bones.

"I'll probably have a cast on it for a few days. It's not looking great if I'm realistic but you never know," he said.

"I don't know what will happen exactly - we'll probably announce something in the next few days."

Five Live tennis correspondent Jonathan Overend said that the fact there was no fracture improved Murray's chances of recovering in time for Wimbledon, which starts on 25 June.

The French Open, the second Grand Slam of the season, gets under way on 27 May.

Murray, the ninth seed, was desperate to kick-start his clay court campaign after missing Monte Carlo with a back injury and suffering a first-round defeat in Rome last week.

He won the first three games without dropping a point and broke Volandri three times in surging to within one game of taking the set.

However, he seemed to jar his wrist as he played a routine forehand before dropping his racquet and crying out in pain.

He returned after a 10-minute break but crumpled altogether following his next attempted forehand.

"I hit the forehand and as soon as I hit it I knew something wasn't right," Murray explained.

"I was playing awesome - probably the best I'd played this year - without a doubt the best I'd felt on court.

"I was moving well and showing the improvements I'd made from last year. It's a little bit disappointing to miss the clay court season but I look forward to the next one."

The injury-prone Murray has only completed one match on the ATP Tour since reaching the semi-finals of the Miami Masters Series in March.

"I try to be optimistic and try to get back on court as soon as possible. I've had a bad run of luck with injuries - it happens to everyone at some point," he added.

"It's been one thing after another but nothing too serious and hopefully this one won't be too bad either."

Couldn't have come at a worse time, and how freaky. Gutting for him as he really has found confidence and from this year and although I dont; see clay as his best chance of winning a slam, he needed to play the FO to see exactly where he is at both and clay and slam wise so as he can improve on any problems for the grass court season. And fo course it was a good chance to improve his ranking.

Now let's keep our fingers crossed for Wimbers :pray:

Hilarious how the media reports on these things - I saw one article saying he would probably miss Wimbledon and that was even before he'd had the scan :wacko:

Murray waiting for injury update

Andy Murray will see a specialist on Monday to determine the extent of his wrist injury, with his participation at the French Open highly unlikely.
The 20-year-old suffered tendon damage to his wrist in the first round of the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday and is currently wearing a plastic cast.

Murray must completely rest the injury until next week, with Wimbledon a more realistic comeback target on 25 June.

I would reckon he would prefer to be back for Stella,but maybe Gilbert has been pushing him too hard and this is the wake-up call.
After all Murray is no Roddick or Agassi in physical terms.Everyone has different physical limits depending on their body type,maybe Gilbert needs to realise this.

Guess we won't be seeing Murray at RG this year :(

Latest news:

Murray out of French says Gilbert

Andy Murray will definitely miss the French Open because of injury, according to his coach Brad Gilbert.

Murray damaged wrist tendons during his first round match at the Hamburg Masters Series event earlier this week.

Gilbert told his website: "He's pulled the plug on the claycourt season and we're hoping he'll be back and ready to compete at Queen's in a few weeks."

The 20-year-old Scot is due to visit a specialist on Monday to determine the extent of his injury.

Murray has been told be must completely rest his wrist until next week and will begin preparing for the grasscourt season when he gets the all-clear.

The French Open gets under way in Paris on 27 May, with the Artois Championships starting at Queen's Club in London on 11 June ahead of Wimbledon (25 June-8 July).

BBC Tennis

Murray delays decision on wrist

Murray picked up the injury during a match against Filippo Volandri
British number one Andy Murray will put off until Monday a decision on whether he will be fit for the French Open.
His coach Brad Gilbert had said that the Scot would miss the clay Grand Slam event with damaged wrist tendons.

But the 20-year-old has told his website he will decide on his plans for the French Open and the grass season after he receives results of an X-ray.

"I will hopefully have a better idea on Monday," said Murray, who hurt his wrist last week at the Hamburg Masters.

The injury forced him to pull out of his first-round match against Filippo Volandri.

"I went to see the doctor a few days ago and had an X-ray," said Murray on Sunday.



"No broken bones so that's good but I had a lot of inflammation which made it hard to read, so I got a cast and will wear it until I go for a second scan on Monday.

"I will make a decision on the French Open and grass season once I have a better idea of what the injury is and how long it is going to take to heal which I will hopefully have a better idea of on Monday."

That contradicts Gilbert's statement on his website earlier this weekend, which said: "He's pulled the plug on the claycourt season and we're hoping he'll be back and ready to compete at Queen's in a few weeks."

He said Murray had been told be must completely rest his wrist until next week and will begin preparing for the grasscourt season when he gets the all-clear.




Conflict in the camp,as always Murray shows he is his own man.It's a bit embarassing to show this difference of opinion in the national news.
Still it makes for great interest,and personally I don't see how he can make it anyway.

Well, certainly the message discipline left a bit to be desired, but the verdict is what we expected. No Murray at the French.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6679259.stm

I suppose it could have happened at a worse time--i.e. just before Wimbledon or the US hard court season, where he is more assured of doing well than on clay. Inflammation also seems less of an issue than, say, nerve or bone damage, thankfully.

We knew it was on the cards and going to RG would have been foolish, it's too early. Just hoping that wimbledon isn't.

Just read the end of the article, Tommy out too :(

Well this is rather disappointing news.
I really wanted to have seen how he would have fared at Roland Garros.

awww, both your favs out WA :( :hug:

theres always Tim to cheer for..... :unsure: :D

Some gd news?

“I am so disappointed not to be ready to play at the Artois,” says Andy. “My wrist is getting better every day, but it’s too soon to play. I don’t want to ruin all the hard work I’ve done by rushing back.

“I first went on the court last Saturday and have played every day since. I’ve been hitting balls softly, but until I can swing a racket as fast as I do when I play in a match, I can’t make a decision about Wimbledon.”

Andy’s manager, Patricio Apey, is more upbeat. “Although it’s very disappointing that he’s missing the Artois, it is, after all, where it all began for him two years ago, when he reached the third round. My feeling is that he should be ready for Wimbledon.”

It's certainly on a knife edge. Really hope he will be there.

Just as long as he doesn't get tempted to do something else with his wrist (up and down) he'll hopefully be ok to give it a shot :)

It sounds like that he will most certainly play at SW19. He can swing the racquet, and as long as he can do so, he won't withdraw from Wimbledon, it's way too important to miss.
I think that his withdrawal from Queens' is simply a matter of not rushing it, not that he is totally paralyzed.

What, drinking pints of Stella Artois ? :shrug: