Andy Roddick told skysports.com he will be fit for Wimbledon despite suffering an ankle injury at Queen's.
A-Rod good to go at Wimbledon after ankle injury scare
Andy Roddick told
skysports.com the ankle injury that forced him out of Queen's will not prevent him from lining up at SW19 next week for another shot at the Wimbledon title.
Roddick was forced to limp out of his semi-final with James Blake after turning his ankle, but after tests revealed no major problems the former world number one can start thinking about Wimbledon.
Although the 26-year-old is undergoing some minor rehab, he said that he will be fit enough to play on the grass at the All England Club next week.
"It'll be alright, certainly in time for Wimbledon," Roddick told
skysports.com at the launch of EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis.
"I've had it checked out and I turned it but its ok, and there's nothing serious as far as long term so it was good news considering the situation.
Treatment
"I'm on anti-inflammatories and I'm icing it pretty much constantly, but we're looking at a couple of days and I should be 100 percent, that's what I'm hoping for."
Roddick, a two-time Wimbledon finalist, believes that the injury will not hamper his preparations as he was able to get in a few matches at Queen's before the problem surfaced.
"The good news was it happened after I'd already put in three matches at Queen's. If it had happened first match at Queen's then I'd be running out of matches so that would be a different scenario," he added.
"We only get two grasscourt tournaments a year so it was pretty disappointing to walk off in one of them but at the end of the day the priority is Wimbledon and I had to think about that, so I'll be fine."
With a fully fit ankle, Roddick is optimistic over his Wimbledon chances - he has had a fine start to the year, yielding a 33-8 record, and is back on a surface that suits his big-serving style.
Optimistic
"I'm optimistic," he admitted. "I've probably had the best start to a year in the last three or four years, I certainly feel like I know what I'm doing on the grass so it should be a good run at Wimbledon hopefully.
"I'm as fit as I've probably ever been, I spent a lot of time last year pretty banged up with injuries but now I'm feeling fine.
"The grass suits me well. On clay I have to make a lot of adjustments to my game but on this surface it works with a lot of my strengths so that's nice.
"At the start of the year our goal was to get back into the conversation a little bit and put up consistent results and I've done that.
"So it's been great as far as consistency, it's just a matter of building it up a little more."
Andy Roddick appears in EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis, the only tennis game to feature the Wimbledon Championships, out now for the Wii and incorporating Nintendo's new Wii MotionPlus¿ technology. For further information, please visit http://tennis.easports.com
