From Indiatimes: I'm playing against doc's advice: Sania
Having missed out on last year's action, Sania Mirza is braving multiple injuries to spearhead India's campaign in the upcoming Fed Cup women's team tennis competition.
Sania said that despite some serious injury concerns and doctor's advice to not play, she was keen to represent India in the Asia-Oceania zonal qualifying tie to be held in Seoul, Korea, from April 19 to 22.
"As an athlete, I am always taking risk. Sometimes you do have to take risk, and this is going to be a bigger risk," the 19-year-old said after a practice session with her teammates Ankita Bhambri and Isha Lakhani at the RK Khanna stadium.
Sania has injuries to her wrist and elbow, both of the serving right arm, and an hyper-extension of the lower back...
"I am going to stop for 3-4 weeks after this. In fact, the doctor told me not to play even this week. But then I did not play last year, so I want to play this time," the Hyderabadi girl said.
"There are three injuries. Each one is worse than the other. The wrist (injury) is the most serious," she said.
"The back is a muscle spasm. It is not a long term problem, not an injury that needs an operation, but is very painful at the moment.
"It catches me occasionally, hopefully I can stay free of it the coming week."
Asked how far she would go to play in the event despite the risk, Sania said she would not play "only if the pain was unbearable."
"Not feeling much pain (at the moment). We will see how I feel when I get there," she said.
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