“It’s Wimbledon, I didn’t want to retire”: Chwalinska plays on through ankle injury on a match point and falls

Maja Chwalinska rolled her ankle on a match point at Wimbledon but chose to continue rather than retire, then lost to qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew. The defeat came in the first round and made Chwalinska the first women’s seed to fall. Her decision to play on turned a near-win into a three-set loss.

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