• Take it easy on the tennis courts

I just came home from the hospital after spending two hours there. One of my tennis buddies injured his ankle really bad at the courts today. 15 minutes into our first set of tennis, it happened. He chased after a wide crosscourt and appeared to simply tripped. Fell to the ground and shouted in agony. His partner said he completely rolled over his ankle and trust me, this is one of the most painful injury you get in tennis. I didn’t see it and frankly, thank god I didn’t see it. If you’ve watched tennis pros rolling their ankles badly on TV, you’ll know it is a very disturbing. He will be in an aircast air stirrup ankle brace and using a crutch to aid rehabillitation for the next few weeks. And definitely won’t be back on the courts for at least 3 months. Maybe longer I won’t be surprised.