Andy Murray fitness doubt at Queen's Club
Andy Murray will make a last-minute check on his latest injury before deciding whether to go ahead with his quarter-final match at the Artois Championships.
The British No 1 is due to face defending champion Andy Roddick at Queen's this afternoon. His match is scheduled second for centre court but is in jeopardy following Murray's setback.
The 21-year-old Scot injured his thumb during his third-round win over Latvia's Ernests Gulbis yesterday and admitted he remains a doubt with Wimbledon at the forefront of his mind.
Wimbledon is less than two weeks away and Murray is desperate not to miss the grass-courts Grand Slam for a second year running. Murray missed the SW19 championships last year with a wrist injury.
Murray said of his injury last night: "I am pretty concerned about it at the moment. With a sprain it tends to be worse the morning after but I will see what it is like in the morning before I decide what action to take.
"If I feel that I won't do it any more damage then I will play through the pain barrier but if it is affecting my grip and Roddick is serving at 140 miles per hour then obviously it's not the best thing for it."
Meanwhile, Mel South's run in the DFS Classic in Birmingham came to an end when she was beaten 6-4, 6-3 by rising Belgian star Yanina Wickmayer in the first quarter-final.
The 22-year-old from Surrey had toppled fourth seed Sybille Bammer on the way to becoming the first Briton for 16 years to get this far in the annual Wimbledon warm-up tournament.
But she met her match in an 18-year-old Belgian hoping to fill the void created by the retirement of Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters.
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