Five games into her quest to win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam at the 2013 Australian Open, Serena Williams lunged for a forehand, caught her right foot while sliding into a recovery and crumpled behind the baseline with her face buried in her hands.
For a moment, it seemed that the blue hard court at Hisense Arena might do what no woman has in six months: get the best of the tennis superstar.
But following a seven-minute delay, a surgical cutting of her heavily-taped ankle and an equally-heavy re-tape, Serena returned to the court with barely a hobble.
She had won four straight games before the injury, then won eight more after, defeating Edina Gallovits-Hall in a first-round match, 6-0, 6-0.
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