Wimbledon 2012: Roger Federer unperturbed about back injury

Roger Federer said that he’s not “too worried” about the back injury that he incurred during the first set of his fourth match against Xavier Malisse at the Wimbledon 2012 Championships. The Swiss star took a rare medical timeout that lasted more than eight minutes while he was leading 4-3. He went on to win the match in four sets 7-6 (1), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

“I felt the back going the beginning of the first set, and then I played on it maybe three, four games,” Federer said.

“I guess it must be a mix of maybe from the five-setter and the two days off and the cold wind today. So I guess it was unlucky in this regard. I mean, way better than a few hours ago, so that’s pretty good. But honestly I’m not too worried. I’ve had bad backs over the years. I’ve been around. They go as quick as they came. But of course I have to keep an eye on it now. I have one-and-a-half days, which is a lot of time, to work with. Two good night’s sleeps and I’ll be 100 percent on Wednesday. I’m pretty convinced, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to pull out the match the way I did today.”