Serena Williams came to Wimbledon 2021 an odds-on favorite, but she’s leaving just as her bid began, after a leg injury on the famed Centre Court forced her to withdraw from the tournament on Tuesday. Williams had tried to play through the pain but ended up falling to her knees, crying out in agony. She’d arrived looking regal in a white, detachable train. She walked off no less majestic, waving in tears as the crowd rose in a standing ovation. “I was heartbroken,” Williams later wrote on Instagram.
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