Serena Williams has made one fear for her first shots of racquet at the Australian Open. Not because of resistance, that was even non-existent for his opponent Edina Gallovits-Hall, but because of his ankle. A 4-0 (15-0), the World No. 3 collapse in the short Hi-Sense, she has just hurt his right ankle.

After eight minutes of Physiotherapy care, the four-time winner of the tournament resumed the game sent the Romanian out with forehand winners, 6-0, 6-0 in 54 minutes.

“I have to revisit the doctor. We will see in a few hours how it goes. I hope this is not serious because last year (Tournament Brisbane) I was really serious. (…) I’ll be there on Thursday (in the second round to the Spanish Garbine Muguruza). Unless something fatal happens to me, there is no way to stop me from playing. I’m alive, my heart beats, it’s going to go, “said Serena wanting reassurance before continuing:” I played this tournament with so many injuries already that this is one more episode and beautiful story to tell later to my grandchildren. “The American had to deal with an injury to both knees during his last coronation in Melbourne in 2010.

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