Thursday 27 June 2013

Bloodbath and Massacre in Wimbledon as top Tennis players are injured, Ball girl gets hit and leaves court in tears



Standing in the path of a Milos Raonic serve is a dangerous, dangerous activity. 

Out of reach: Milos Raonic had no answer for the Swiss great, however hard he tried (below right)
The 6'5 Canadian is one of the biggest servers in the history of the sport. Yesterday, an unfortunate Wimbledon ball girl found out the hard way what happens when you react too late. She appeared to be okay, and walked off on her own power like a trooper. 



She got hit by a first-serve traveling at 128 miles per hour, according to Twitter reports, and left the court in tears.

There is no video yet, but the photos look brutal: 

The day was more hurtful to the Creme D'L Creme of Tennis, Two top-10 men got knocked out of the tournament, joining Rafa Nadal on the list of early exiters.

On the women's side, two of the top three seeds — as well as 6 of the top 13 seeds — are now out of the tournament.

The faces of these players say it all.

Roger Federer (3rd seed) lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6



Maria Sharapova (3rd seed) lost to Michelle Larcher De Brito 6-3, 6-4


Jo-Willy Tsonga (6th seed) retired against Ernests Gulbis because of an injury



Victoria Azarenka (2nd seed) withdrew before her match with Flavia Pennetta because of injury



Ana Ivanovic (12th seed) lost to Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-3



Caroline Wozniacki (9th seed) lost to Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 6-2



John Isner (18th seed) retired against Adrian Mannarino because of injury:


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