Signing autographs is a dangerous game for Gonzalez
PARIS (Reuters) - Signing autographs is usually the easy part after a match but French Open quarter-finalist Fernando Gonzalez's twisted ankle told a different story.
Rather than boasting of a spectacular shot he had carried off to cause it, the Chilean admitted the injury that interrupted his Roland Garros preparations had come about in a bizarre manner.
"I was signing autographs after one of the matches in Rome (earlier this month). They called me from the other side of the court, and I went running and twisted my ankle," he told reporters after beating Victor Hanescu in the fourth round on Sunday.
"I went back to the locker room because it was really painful. That's how it happened. It was curious. Let's call it curious."
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