The American tennis player suffered from a condition in her right knee, an area in which she felt discomfort. In any case, she managed to finish the duel against the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Moments of tension and impact were recorded during the day at Wimbledon yesterday . American tennis player Venus Williams faced Ukrainian Elina Svitolina for the first round of the Grand Slam.
If the European tennis player managed to win against the North American after an hour and 31 minutes of competition by closing the match 6-4 and 6-3, at the start of the first quarter, the story seemed much shorter .
Williams had started it all after reaching a break that left them leading 2-0 on the scoreboard. Of course, in the third game dispute injured himself after slipping on the grass approaching the net, falling hard and expressing his pain with a cry that left no one indifferent .
After a few minutes of uncertainty, Williams was able to get up and walk to her chair. She was seen by a doctor and, after consulting her coach, she decided to continue the match.
Back on the track, Williams struggled, but his moves weren’t the same, ending in defeat but giving it his all. Ssaved a set point in the ninth game of the first set and then broke Svitolina’s serve as the latter served for the first time to win the second set .
Williams’ disappointment
After the match ended, Venus Williams commented on what happened in the duel. “It was just bad luck for me. I started the game perfectly. I was literally killing it and then the weed killed me,” he said.
“It’s not fun right now. I felt like I was in great shape before this tournament, and in great shape before the match. Everything is very shocking right now . It’s sports. I hit the ball well. I hope I can just figure out what’s going on with me and move on.”
“I think what makes it difficult to deal with is that I’ve had so many injuries. I missed the tour for a while. It’s not what I want for myself. This kind of fall, I did nothing wrong. I only went to the ball. There’s nothing you can really do about it . These kinds of things are difficult to deal with emotionally, mentally and physically on the pitch,” he explained.
Finally, he noted that “I played with a lot of injuries and I won a lot of injured games. It’s almost one of my specialties. I just couldn’t understand today “, closed Venus Williams.
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