In her first tournament since losing the U.S. Open final in September, Williams was serving for the match with a 6-2, 5-3 lead against Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia when she twisted her ankle and crashed heavily to the court.The 13-time Grand Slam winner lay near the baseline for several minutes while getting medical attention. She was helped to a courtside chair and had the ankle re-taped before resuming the second-round match and losing the next point to surrender a service break to Jovanovski.U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur was eliminated in the match on center court immediately before Williams went on.
In the last night match, men's top seed Andy Murray was only two points from defeat in the second set before he rallied to beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 to move into a quarterfinal against Marcos Baghdatis.
Williams hobbled into a post-match news conference with her ankle heavily wrapped and initially said she was "anticipating it'll be OK."
It's not the ideal start but I am not going to panic and think it's all lost."
Also, sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Nina Bratchikova of Russia 6-3, 6-2 and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia ousted seventh-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-0, 6-3.
In the last night match, men's top seed Andy Murray was only two points from defeat in the second set before he rallied to beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 to move into a quarterfinal against Marcos Baghdatis.
Williams hobbled into a post-match news conference with her ankle heavily wrapped and initially said she was "anticipating it'll be OK."
It's not the ideal start but I am not going to panic and think it's all lost."
Also, sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Nina Bratchikova of Russia 6-3, 6-2 and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia ousted seventh-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-0, 6-3.
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