Thanks for posting this on the tagboard.
AUDIO CLIPS Two new audio clips (one in English and one in Spanish) of JC talking about his elbow injury. Hopefully they will release a transcript of his full interview later.
>> audio clip (in English)
>> audio clip (in Spanish)
JC: Everything is ok you know ... it's not the wrist it's here. I fell down and I do like this and you know... when I push the ball up when I do like this with the racquet I feel some pain. But I went to the doctor and he told me that today I had to take some anti-inflammitories and tomorrow we'll see how it's working but he thinks that everything will be ok.
Q: how does it feel now?
JC: I feel alright. If I like this it's ok. I do feel pain a little bit in the back because you know it's right there but a I had this in December when I was practicing in Spain and was doing like 2 days or 3 days so I think for the next match it will be alright.
Thanks so much Queenie for emailing this article ^^ Good to hear that JC will be 100% for his next match.
ARTICLE Ferrero feeling good
WORLD No.3 Juan Carlos Ferrero was confident that the arm and back injuries that troubled him during today's second-round win over Italian Filippo Vilandri would not hamper his Australian Open campaign.
Ferrero won a high-quality encounter 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 despite seeking assistance from the trainer for his back problem during the first set and also reinjuring his left forearm during the third set.
The reigning French Open champion originally injured his arm last month while practising in Spain.
“Everything is OK,” he said today.
“I went to the doctor and he said to take some anti-inflammatories and we'll see how it's working.
“ ... I think after tomorrow I will be 100 per cent.”
Ferrero had considered skipping the Open because of its proximity to last month's Davis Cup final, when he lost both singles matches to Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis.
“But I had a lot of points to defend and I like the people and the courts here, so I thought 'why not play?'” said the Spaniard, who reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park last year.
He lost his first match of 2004 to young Australian Chris Guccione in Sydney last week but has looked much better in beating countryman Albert Montanes and Volandri in Melbourne without dropping a set.
Ferrero will play Swede Joachim Johansson in the third round.
AUDIO CLIPS Two new audio clips (one in English and one in Spanish) of JC talking about his elbow injury. Hopefully they will release a transcript of his full interview later.
>> audio clip (in English)
>> audio clip (in Spanish)
JC: Everything is ok you know ... it's not the wrist it's here. I fell down and I do like this and you know... when I push the ball up when I do like this with the racquet I feel some pain. But I went to the doctor and he told me that today I had to take some anti-inflammitories and tomorrow we'll see how it's working but he thinks that everything will be ok.
Q: how does it feel now?
JC: I feel alright. If I like this it's ok. I do feel pain a little bit in the back because you know it's right there but a I had this in December when I was practicing in Spain and was doing like 2 days or 3 days so I think for the next match it will be alright.
Thanks so much Queenie for emailing this article ^^ Good to hear that JC will be 100% for his next match.
ARTICLE Ferrero feeling good
WORLD No.3 Juan Carlos Ferrero was confident that the arm and back injuries that troubled him during today's second-round win over Italian Filippo Vilandri would not hamper his Australian Open campaign.
Ferrero won a high-quality encounter 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 despite seeking assistance from the trainer for his back problem during the first set and also reinjuring his left forearm during the third set.
The reigning French Open champion originally injured his arm last month while practising in Spain.
“Everything is OK,” he said today.
“I went to the doctor and he said to take some anti-inflammatories and we'll see how it's working.
“ ... I think after tomorrow I will be 100 per cent.”
Ferrero had considered skipping the Open because of its proximity to last month's Davis Cup final, when he lost both singles matches to Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis.
“But I had a lot of points to defend and I like the people and the courts here, so I thought 'why not play?'” said the Spaniard, who reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park last year.
He lost his first match of 2004 to young Australian Chris Guccione in Sydney last week but has looked much better in beating countryman Albert Montanes and Volandri in Melbourne without dropping a set.
Ferrero will play Swede Joachim Johansson in the third round.
