Buzarnescu has nasty injury at Rogers Cup, opponent wonders about response time

“I saw straightaway that it’s really, really serious,” said Svitolina. “There is nothing we could do, me or the chair umpire.

“I thought it took ages, you know, for people to arrive. The ankle was getting bigger and bigger each second. It’s tough to see. It’s tough to experience for her definitely. It’s the worst probably feeling for any athlete to get injured that bad.”

Svitolina continued, pointing out the problems for officials, players and volunteers on the court when someone is injured.

“For physios it’s tough to arrive quicker, but I think in general we should have a few people who are medically trained all the time on court because me or chair umpire, we don’t know what to do in these kind of situations when the injuries are really serious like that,” said Svitolina. “When there is blood, as well… I had goosebumps.

“For example, what if someone gets a heart attack? You need to act in the next minute, not like it was five, six minutes it took them to get there.”

Lapierre said it would be up to the WTA to decide whether having a medic at every match could be done.

“Personally, I don’t think the situation is calling for it,” he said. “From the time she turned her ankle to the time the trainers were actually there attending to her was a reasonable time, I think. Actually pretty good.”

The Canadian Press

by Canadian Press

Buzarnescu has nasty injury at Rogers Cup, opponent wonders about response time

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