The end of tennis for me?

I discovered that I screwed up the ligament - at the back of my left knee cap again. I never had this, whilst playing squash. But I did my tennis again last week, and the injury cropped up again. Luke noticed egg-like swollen spot at the alleged area. I think the best is to stop playing tennis and squash. All sports for that matter.


I did play tennis considerably well when I started for the first time this year, last week. Never have I thought it would lead to a serious injury like this. I don't want to be separated from my tennis. I hope it will all go away.

It starts when I volley and spin the ball from baseline. My position is always - ready. Ready to receive the fast and furious balls (Simon is my colleague at work, and he is really good). By "ready" I mean, a lot of body weight supported by my left lower limb and the right part will swing as I volley/spin the ball. So, by doing this many times and the need to twist the left knee as I fiercely turn - it has led to a lot of work being done by my left knee. Most of the times it is locked in one position by turning my right part of the body for the potentially good returns. Yes, there were some really good returns (odds: 7/10, ahhh who cares, I simply put the stats I guess but Faris can vouch for me, as he plays tennis with me a lot), but now I am paying the price.

I spoke to Faris about this - that my tennis career is over. Well, it is far from over for I do not have one to begin with. I think I will stick to rub the area with deep heat, and later to wear the knee support like Nadal does. I guess Nadal faces the same thing as well. Hmm, I just have to bear with the injury before I am making my come-back.