Wrist Injury Bounces Roddick

Andy Roddick will not be defending his title at the $6.56 million Nasdaq-100 Open.

Roddick, who received a first-round bye, retired from his second-round match with Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Friday after suffering a wrist injury.

The American, who has gone 18-3 this year, was trailing, 7-6 (11-9), 4-3, when he retired with a light sprain in his right wrist.

“It was late in the first set (when I suffered the injury),” Roddick said. “I think it was 5-all, me serving, up 40-love. He hit a return really deep, I … just caught something the wrong way, just jammed it a little bit.

“I have decent strength and I can squeeze it, so that’s a very good sign. It’s just that … kick serves were a bit of a struggle and kind of really getting over a forehand was a little bit of a struggle.”

Roddick is not playing again until the Houston event in three weeks.

“I have a pretty significant amount of time, about as much time as you’ll get between tournaments,” he said. “So I’m pretty optimistic.”

Andyroddick.com’s very own Sarah Alvanipour, who is on site at the Nasdaq 100, spoke to Andy after the match and he said, “I’m okay, just disappointed. At the moment, the diagnosis is a light sprain and confirms that my decision to retire rather than risk further injury, was the right one. I have three weeks to recover before Houston, so I should be ready to go.”

From our point of view, the Nasdaq 100 just won’t be the same.

Go Andy!