Tomorrow, David will undergo a gamma ray radiography at a Barcelona clinic, a test that his physician Dr. Ruiz-Cotorro hopes will produce exact results about the extent of the injury. And on those results apparently more will depend than just David's chances of playing Estoril. Because although at the moment, Dr. Ruiz-Cotorro still favours conservative treatment, he has stated that this might change should Monday's test results prove the current treatment to be ineffective:
"When it comes to treating athletes who compete at high level, I always recommend a conservative treatment. But if the results speak against it, David will have to get an operation."(Infobae.com)
La Nacion cites "sources close to" David:
"David's mind is set on playing in Estoril but he has to just wait to see how it goes. Together with his doctor he's tracking the development every day. Plan A is to continue with this form of treatment and try to avoid surgery. However, he cannot count out the idea of getting an operation."
According to Dr. Ruiz-Cotorro, an operation would mean at least three months pause from playing tournaments for David. (A very optimistic estimation, I think.)
But even so he'd definitely miss Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Davis Cup quarterfinal. At least.
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It all sounds to me like David is in good hands. An operation sounds awesome but athletes seem to do it all the time. And recover pretty well.
Still, it would be sad to see David dropping out of all of those tournaments. :(
Well, right now we have to wait and see what tomorrow's test will bring.
If it's better, maybe he should still consider withdrawing from Estoril, as well.
If it's not better and he has to get the operation... I don't know what's going to happen. True, athletes get them all the time. But there are different kinds of operations. Mending some torn ligaments is one thing. But a hip operation is quite another. I mean, you just have to look at Hewitt. As far as I go, despite some okay results here and there he hasn't been the same ever since his hip operation. I mean, this could end up being far worse than having to skip a couple of big tournaments and DC.
So the reason David is staying in Europe isn't necessarily that he'll be playing again, soon. But that the treatment continues and that so far, it's not showing the desired effect... :(
I agree that Hewitt hasn't been the same since the operation. Before that, even when he was hampered by the injury seemingly on a consistent basis and kept out of tournaments for long periods he was still mostly able to beat the players that he should beat. Now he can pretty much lose to everyone.
I was watching the Tennis Channel coverage (I mean with their commentators) of Houston and they said that Hewitt said that the operation that he had was relatively minor. And his movement appears to have not improved that much from before the surgery, in my opinion. It's sometimes good, and sometimes not. So in my opinion, surgery won't necessarily make things better aside from relieving the pain.
I hope it does not mean the end of his career...In la Nacion , they say that if he has some surgery, he won't be back before 2010....I'm ready to sell my RG tickets back..I won't go to RG if Nalby can't play cause it will not interest me at all....Hope and pray
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