Monday 27th August 2012
Today ended up being a little short and sweet but it’s always better to air on the side of caution especially with one final tournament coming up of the summer.
After the engineering work on the train line was all completed yesterday it meant that I could go all the way to Barnes Bridge which just left a short walk over the River Thames to get to the club. I met Dave there at 10am and we went straight into the gym to warm up. The plan was to do a couple of hours on court this morning and then hit the gym in the afternoon but midway through the warm up Dave felt a pull in his calf. He said he’d felt something during his first match yesterday against Sam Hutt but hadn’t felt it again until now. We were going to try and hit some balls to see if he felt any pain whilst loading and moving on it but we decided to just see the onsite physiotherapist to get a diagnosis.
After a 45 minute treatment Dave came hobbling back down to the restaurant and said that his calf was in a pretty bad way and the physio had advised him to rest today and then see how it is tomorrow for the doubles. It’s always a difficult decision for the players as most of the time they’re really keen to train and Dave was definitely up for putting in a lot of hours this week before Roehampton $10k next weekend but on the other hand they have to listen to their bodies and make mature decisions if they feel slight injuries.
Dave made the right call to completely rest today and after some lunch I headed back home on the train while he rested up back at his hotel.
Fortunately or Unfortunately, Dave and Alex Jhun didn’t get into the doubles which meant there won’t be any pressure on him to play tomorrow if his calf is not feeling 100%.
Our attention now turns to getting fit for Roehampton $10k which starts on Sunday and making sure that the summer ends on a big high.
