Listened in a few minutes ago on Steve Darcis' press conference, during which he explained he retired from his match against James Blake because of a lower back injury he suffered a week and a half ago at a tour event in New Haven.
Darcis said his back stiffened up after he won his first-round match, and he wasn't able to run and keep up with Blake once the American found his stride in the second set. After losing the second set and going down a break in the first game of the third set, Darcis decided to retire rather than risk aggravating the injury.
I'll be sitting in on Blake's interview in about 15 minutes, so I'll let you know what he has to say about his absolutely awful first set of tennis, during which he committed 17 unforced errors.
Darcis, who is from Belgium, suggested that American players may feel extra pressure to perform well on a big stage, which may explain why so many struggle to put away inferior players here.
But this ain't exactly Blake's first rodeo, as the saying goes, so I don't really buy that excuse. Hopefully Blake has a better explanation than that.
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