WHEN Victoria Azarenka’s right knee gave way, she slid to the slippery turf and began sobbing.
A routine first-round match at Wimbledon turned into something more harrowing for the No. 2 seed from Belarus. She closed out her 6-1, 6-2 victory on Monday over Maria Joao Koehler after tumbling near the baseline on Court 1 and injuring her right knee in the second game of the second set.
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