"I couldn't help but get hurt again": Monfils laments bad luck after return from injury cut short in Miami

Gael Monfils was very disappointed with his latest injury that forced him to withdraw from the Miami Open with severe wrist pain.

Monfils has been away from tennis for months because of an ankle injury sustained at the Montreal Masters last year. He worked very hard to get back but it lasted only a couple of weeks as he injured himself early on in Miami. Speaking after the match, a visibly upset Monfils lamented his injury record which is rather long:

"I couldn't help but get hurt again, it must be something I don't do well. It's not what I want. I was very downcast immediately afterwards, but you have to think things are a little more positive and since I don't know what the problem is, I try not to freak out."

He didn't know what the exact problem is and confirmed that he needs to do tests and then probably recover for a while which he was not really looking forward to. He spent a long time rehabbing injuries in his career, time which he could have spent playing tennis on the court:

"I will do tests and then there will be treatments. I don't know if I'll have it for two, six or more weeks if they tell me I broke my wrist and will have it for nine months, well, I'll have to think about it. But I don't think I'll have to stay still for that long."

Asked what happened, he said:

"I heard a loud pop on the serve and attempted the bum because I knew immediately it was no good. I hurt my hand a bit last week, but I don't know if it had anything to do with it. First they manipulated me and finally applied a bandage. I couldn't hit the forehand, only the backhand."