Roddick suffers injury setback before Wimbledon

By Pritha Sarkar

LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Roddick played down fears about his Wimbledon prospects on Saturday after he was forced to pull out of the Queen's Club semi-finals against fellow American James Blake with a right ankle sprain.

The American twisted his ankle at the end of the third game and carried on until 4-4 before shaking his head and informing the umpire that he was unable to continue.

"I'm going to do everything I can to play at Wimbledon," the four-times Queen's Club champion told reporters.

"I met with my trainer and with the doctors. They don't think anything is torn. Initial tests showed the stability was okay. Strength was okay.

"It was just range of motion was limited. So that's good. I'm not walking in here saying I'm going to be out six weeks or anything like that. We're looking at days, not weeks."

Blake will face Britain's Andy Murray in the final.

Roddick had high hopes of contesting his fifth final here in seven years until it all went wrong in the final point of the third game against Blake.

Stranded at the net, Roddick quickly turned around to chase down a Blake lob and hit the ball between his legs.