Ashleigh Barty: It is time to let my body rest
World No.1 Ashleigh Barty recently withdrew from the Eastbourne open due to an arm injury but said that she will be back for Wimbledon and needs to give her arm some rest.
“It’s an injury I’ve had to manage since I was 16-years-old,” Barty explained. “It happens when I have a spike in load, it’s just a bone stress injury and I need to look after it.”
She further added, “We know how to manage it but it is important to get on top of it straight away.” Barty, however, travelled to Eastbourne, where she was presented with the Chris Evert Trophy as the WTA’s new world No.1.
The Australian will be the Top seed at Wimbledon this year believes this road block will not hamper her plans at the third Grand Slam of the year.
“We pulled out of the doubles to give it the best chance to be ready for (the) singles (final),” she said. “It is time to let my body rest, and manage it as best we can to make sure we are ready for next week.”
“At the moment we know how we have to plan it over the next three or four days so we know it can be as good as it can be. If we do that well we should be fine.
“It’s about rest, it’s time off court and then monitoring how many balls I do hit when I am on court.”
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