Serena Williams suffered an injury scare during her straight sets win over Petra Martic, with her troublesome ankle problems returning late in the match as she marches to the US Open Quarter-Finals.
Moments before the 23-time Grand Slam champion moved a set-and-a-break up, she rolled her ankle when bursting to the net and fell to the ground, requiring treatment moments later in order to continue to play.
After some heavy strapping up, Williams returned to the court with a double fault but composed herself to hang on and book her spot in the quarter-finals.
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The ankle roll was reminiscent of the left ankle injury she picked up in the final set of her Australian Open quarter-final against Karolina Pliskova and doubts will be cast over whether she can go on to win a seventh Slam title on home soil.
After the 6-3 6-3 win in an hour and 32 minutes, the 37-year-old said: ‘Yeah I just rolled it, I don’t know why, I was volleying and it just went over.
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‘It was a little frustrating but I wanted to get it compressed really fast, that’s what I did.
‘It affected me a little mentally because I’ve had a rough year with injuries. I was like “oh my god, not again”.’
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