Roddick Hopeful of Speedy Recovery

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Andy Roddick will undergo further tests on Monday to assess the full extent of his right ankle injury after retiring from his semifinal against James Blake at the AEGON Championships on Saturday.

Roddick, the four-time winner at The Queen’s Club, was chasing down a lob in the third game but slipped on the concrete at the back of the court and twisted his ankle. After receiving treatment at 4-4, he played just one more point before admitting defeat.

“Obviously we'll know more tomorrow,” said Roddick afterwards. “I met with my trainer and with the doctors. They don't think anything is torn. I was just going back after I hit the shot, and there's a difference in height between where the grass court ends and where the concrete goes, and I just unfortunately stepped at a bad angle. It kind of just twisted a little bit. Running straight ahead I was all right; side to side was suspect.”

The 26-year-old said he will undergo more scans on Monday, but revealed that early signs were positive. “We're scheduled to get it looked at again tomorrow and do some scans on it and see where we're at, but initial tests showed the stability was okay. Strength was okay.”

He added: “I was hoping I could walk it off and it would go away, but that wasn't the case. So to kind of walk out of a match, I don't like that feeling at all. Obviously with the bigger picture in mind, I could only make it worse out there. I wasn't going to help my prospects at Wimbledon at all by going through the motions out there and moving at, you know, 20 or 30 percent of what I can.”

Looking ahead to Blake’s prospects in the final against Andy Murray, Roddick said: “It's going to be tough. I think Andy has been in real good form this week. But James has weapons; that's the main difference. He can strike winners off both sides. He's going to have to go for his shots. It's just a matter of if he's able to execute.”