AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
The AP reports that Sam “Samurai” Querrey returned to the practice courts last week after a freak accident at September’s Thailand Open came close to ending his tennis career. The 6′6″ American fell through a glass table in the tournament’s locker room while sitting on it to tie his shoes. A shard of glass cut through 30% of two different muscles in his serving arm, nearly severing a nerve (check out the scar in the above photo). He required emergency surgery in Bangkok and wore a splint for two weeks afterwards. Though he has suffered pain and uncertainty, he says that his training is going well.
”My shoulder, it takes a while to warm it up and get that (service) motion going,” Querrey said. ”Other than that I feel no difference in any part of my game.”
Querrey says there was one upside to the injury, which cut his career-best season short: an encouraging email from Roger Federer.
”That was the greatest,” Querrey said, smiling. ”I was so happy. It made my day. It was almost worth it.’‘
Looks like we can add yet another ATP member to our roster of Fedophiles!
Source: New York Times and GTT reader Liz for forwarding the tip!
Tags: ATP, Federer, Fedophile, Querrey, tennis, tennis injury, Thailand Open
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He got an e-mail from Fed? Sweet. Now let’s hope he doesn’t sit on anymore glass furniture in the future.
ur so funny.
that’s our roger…..always thoughtful
that’s awesome. not sure if a possibly career ending injury to your arm would be worth it, just to get an email from fed… then again, what would we be willing to do to get a personal message from fed?… hmmm…
rog rocks. i remember hearing that when james blake was dealing with major injuries and health issues roger sent him a message of support. blake really appreciated the gesture. my poor stefan edberg, that sportsmanship award is going to be renamed shortly!
My favorite part of the story (aside from hearing that Sam is on the mend) is how excited he is about the email from Roger. You would think that the ATP players would be more laid-back about him — they must see him all the time in the locker room. But I do think that this story (and the Blake story) shows Roger’s true character. He’s nice whether the cameras are there or not.