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Pablo Carreno Busta, 32, thinks the balls used on the ATP Tour have had something to do with him needing more time to return from an elbow injury. After picking up a Rotterdam second-round defeat in February, former world No 10 Carreno Busta took a break from tennis to address his elbow injury.
Initially, Carreno Busta didn’t expect it to be a really lengthy absence. But then, Carreno Busta ended up being sidelined for eight months before returning to action at last week’s Alicante Challenger. “I have been recovering and it seemed like I was doing well, but then it got worse and I had to stop again.
It has been especially hard mentally because it seemed like I would be able to compete and then I wouldn’t. I tried to come back in Indian Wells, then come back in Madrid, then in Winston-Salem, and in the end, it was last week,” Carreno Busta told Punto de Break.
Carreno Busta on if the balls had any impact on his injury
Lately, ATP and WTA players have been very openly and strongly complaining about the balls used in pro tennis, with many claiming the new balls and constant ball changes are causing injuries.
According to Carreno Busta,…
