00:00Can you talk about the level of pain and discomfort you had at the end of it?
00:09Yeah, really high.
00:15I'm not sure, you know, I...
00:20Never retired before, I'm not a guy who would retire if I could continue.
00:30Ben, can you talk about what it's like to play Adrian and the different challenges he presents compared to other guys on tour?
00:38Yeah, he's a great player.
00:43Sometimes tough to find answers against him.
00:45He's just seemed to not have any holes.
00:49He returns really well.
00:50He has a different serving style that makes it difficult to deal with.
00:54And, yeah, he's a great player.
00:58I've never had a lot of battles with him.
01:01Howard.
01:03Ben, do you know when exactly you hurt yourself?
01:08Did you come in with an issue, that fall at the end of the third set?
01:12Or can you pinpoint exactly what might have happened at your shoulder?
01:16No, I can't pinpoint it.
01:20Didn't go in with an injury.
01:22I'm not sure.
01:23David.
01:24Going into that fourth set, did you feel like, were you, how aware were you that if you couldn't finish the fourth set, you wouldn't be able to finish the match?
01:32I mean, I was just trying to adjust and figure out whatever I can to keep competing.
01:40Even though I was in pain, I was just kind of in that competitive mindset of trying to find a way and push through it.
01:51Yeah, so it was not really a thought in my mind.
01:55Hey, Ben.
01:58Sorry about the injury.
01:59I'll go back.
01:59David.
02:01Sorry about the injury.
02:02Do you guys know if you have any plans to do any imaging or anything like that set up?
02:06Yeah, we'll see.
02:13We'll see.
02:14David.
02:15Hi, Ben.
02:16Obviously, the nature of sport is losses are tough.
02:20Injuries are part of the sport.
02:22But given the form you came in with, is this the hardest one you've ever had to stumble?
02:29Yeah, I mean, I got a lot to be grateful for.
02:34I've been pretty fortunate in my life.
02:38Blessings, talents, a lot of things God's given me.
02:42And, you know, a small setback like this, yeah, it hurts.
02:48Yeah, I was playing really well.
02:50I was in form, a lot of confidence, just so many things to be happy with, the way that
02:59I was playing, moving on the court, competing.
03:04But, like I said, it's been a great summer, a lot of things to be thankful for.
03:08And you won't hear me over here pouting about how bad things are with, you know, the summer
03:17that I've had, the things that I've been able to do in this sport in a short amount of time.
03:23And, you know, the people that I got around me, like I said, a lot of blessings.
03:26Last two questions.
03:27Richard, Matt.
03:28You said you haven't been through these kind of situations too much, but just, like, how
03:33tricky was the inner dialogue when you were playing, you know, thinking about, like, I
03:38want to try to stick this out versus I don't want to risk anything.
03:41Yeah, usually I'll play through anything and just kind of find a way.
03:46And, you know, whether it's sickness or injury, like, if I can stay out there, I can stay out
03:52there.
03:52I've never felt anything like this before.
03:54So, yeah, that was kind of tough.
04:01I guess the uncertainty, but, yeah, I guess I don't have anything else to say.
04:08Matt, last question.
04:09Sorry about all this.
04:11It was a sudden, it looked like it was sort of a sudden thing at the beginning of the first
04:15set.
04:16And can you say what your conversations were like with the trainer about what he, did
04:22they give you any sort of...
04:23You said at the beginning of the first set?
04:25The fourth set.
04:25I mean, I'm sorry about that.
04:27And, like, the conversations you're having with the trainer there about what they're
04:32saying about, you know, you could play, but potential for damaging it or anything like
04:37that?
04:37No, we didn't really talk about that at all.
04:40Shoulders, obviously, complex.
04:42So, it's tough to know.
04:45Basically, just trying to alleviate pain and see if I could play, and that was the extent
04:49of it.
04:49And was it that sudden, sort of that sudden thing in the first game of the fourth set?
04:54Nothing before that?
04:56Can't really pinpoint it.
05:00You know, that's the beginning of the fourth is when the pain started.
05:05But, honestly, I have no clue what it's from.
05:08Thank you.
05:09Thank you, Ben.
05:09Thank you.
05:10Thanks, sir.
