Wimbledon 2021: Serena Williams retires in first-round match after ankle harm

Wimbledon 2021: 7-time champion Serena Williams’s bid for a record-breaking main title ended as early as the primary spherical at The Championships. She retired from her first-round match on Tuesday with a leg harm. Tearful Serena Williams retires with first-round harm at Wimbledon 2021 (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSerena Williams was main 3-2 within the first set when she slipped on the court docketShe misplaced her footing when serving towards Aliaksandra Sasnovich of BelarusSerena was in tears as she was unable to proceed the first-round match23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams’s push for a record-breaking main title ended as early as the primary spherical at Wimbledon 2021. The 7-time champion retired from her first-round match as a result of an ankle harm.

Serena Williams, the sixth seed, went off court docket for remedy whereas 3-2 up within the opening set of her girls’s singles match towards Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus after shedding her footing close to the baseline.Serena Williams walked again on the court docket however she was unable to proceed. With tears rolling down, Serena went up the online to shake palms with Sasnovich and retired from the first-round match.Officially, it is going to go within the books as solely the second first-round Grand Slam exit of Williams’ profession.She is a seven-time singles champion on the All England Club, together with most lately in 2016. Williams additionally was the runner-up at Wimbledon every of the final two occasions it was contested, in 2018 and 2019, earlier than the event was canceled final yr due to the coronavirus pandemic.Notably, Serena confirmed earlier this week that she is going to miss the Tokyo Olympics. The gold medal winner from London 2012 has not gained a significant title since successful the Australian Open in 2017.”There’s a lot of reasons that I made my Olympic decision,” she had stated.”I don’t really want to — I don’t feel like going into them today. Maybe another day. Sorry.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.