@pavyg@Wimbledon It’s completely normal. He could have had tendinitis and or micro tears. If you rush back too soon you risk tendinopathy or a complete tear which could plague him for the rest of his career. He’s young and clearly sought the correct advice. He prob still splints at night.
@jon_wertheim 💯 we have got to do something about playing best five matches and temps above 90°. When you see so many players dropping on the court. Trying to get hydration right and optimized when playing conditions were 40 cooler 7 days before. Challenging is an understatement.
@pavyg@rolandgarros@Wimbledon I know he can do it. He’s been maximizing and managing being an “aging” player for so many years. He makes it look easy. It’s not. He’s the goat for a reason. 😉And I’m a fed gal.
@jon_wertheim This younger age group has been blasting balls with modern equipment for too many years already. Throw in fuzzy ball… recipe for disaster.
@pavyg Not surprising for the wrist. No best of 5 for the remainder of this year. He got his career grand slam there is no reason to rush. This is typical for a true wrist recovery. It’s slow bc of poor blood flow.
@pavyg@BullionNation@rolandgarros A clean MRI doesn’t mean much here. Difficult to visualize such a small area. He’ll need time to heal the inflammation. I think that’s why he’s not saying, they just don’t know yet. It’s great if it’s not a tendon tear, obviously.
@pavyg@rolandgarros I hope I’m wrong but I doubt he play this year. Every day in the splint is a day he’s not hitting. The wrist takes a long time to heal because of the poor blood flow & that’s why it’s immobilized bc any movement causes more inflammation.
He’ll have to build back up to hitting.
@alcarazzupdates@agarciamuniz I hope it’s true. Wrist has very poor blood flow and takes a long time to recover from tendinitis/tendinosis.
He’ll be wearing the splint for the next 8-12 weeks before he touches a racket and will take another 2 months to build up to hitting on court.