Serena Williams injury update: Coach encouraged after her fall on 'dangerous' Centre Court
Serena Williams suffered a fall at Wimbledon that prematurely ended her bid for the major.
The slip occurred in Williams’ first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Williams went down tied 3-3 in the first set and was forced to retire from the match due to injury.
Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou noted that while they don’t yet know what the injury is, Williams is walking, which is “a good sign.”
“We don’t know for the moment; we are expecting the result of the clinical assessment,” Mouratoglou said, per TennisMajors.com. “The manual test gave us an idea of the nature of the injury, not how serious it is. We’re waiting to see how long she’s supposed to be resting and, obviously, the consequences in terms of preparation for the next one [the US Open]. Time will fly. She’s walking, which is a good sign, and it excludes very bad possibilities.”
Certainly, that’s a positive for the 39-year-old Williams, and it sounds like she should be able to return to action in the not-too-distant future.
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