Dusseldorf, Germany - Andy Roddick will miss the French Open with the shoulder and back problem which forced him to default a Rome semi-final this month, his brother John Roddick confirmed on Monday. The bombshell pullout was announced at the ARAG World Team Cup, where the former number one is also off the US team at the eight-nation competition.
Roddick felt a resurgence of the existing injury as he quit the Rome semi-final nine days against Stan Wawrinka, flying home for treatment.
"He had five or six days off and then we had three day of training," said John Roddick, who also announced that the Bryan brothers would not be contesting the doubles in Dusseldorf due to being "beat up" after playing back-to-back Masters Series finals in Rome (won) and Hamburg (lost).
The Dusseldorf Roland Garros tuneup which runs through Saturday was to have been Roddick's final preparation for the clay Grand Slam which begins on Sunday.
"Last Friday, the injury flared again," said John Roddick. "Our specialist in New York said it is inflammation.
"Andy needs ten days to rest and I'd be surprised if he were not ready for Queen's (start of the pre-Wimbledon grass season on June 9)."
Roddick said that his younger brother had been feeling good on clay. "He was optimistic about the French and in a good frame of mind.
"This season he was feeling comfortable on the clay and he liked his chances. He's really disappointed not to be able to play."
Roddick reached the French Open third round on his debut in 2001 and has never duplicated that effort, losing opening matches at the past two editions.
His place on the Dusseldorf squad will be taken by number 102 Bobby Reynolds, who lost the only ATP-level clay match he played in 2006 in Houston on American green clay.
The 25-year-old has never competed on red European clay and has just nine career matches across the Atlantic.
