Weird, very weird and unlucky stuff as Vika has to withdraw just 30 minutes before playing the semifinal against Serena Williams.
Defeating Serena was already a sort of mission impossible for Vika that has a terrible 1-11 record against the American. The mission was ever “more impossible” as Azarenka had to battle with an injury (infection) to her big toe on her right foot.
Big infection
“It’s been there for about 10 days,” Vika said. “It’s just been getting worse a little bit,”
“I don’t know in medical terms, but I had to get a piece (of nail) out of my toe because it was jamming into me and got infected.
It’s something that’s very just really unfortunate, but I had to do that. It was just jamming underneath into the skin. I was trying to minimise the pain with taping and everything.
Yesterday it got worse. It got really infected and got really red, so we had to go and see the doctor. He had to open it. That’s what I had to do.”
Poor pedicure
“It just got infected from a bad pedicure experience,” she said.
“I had somebody who gave me infection. They cut a little bit too much and it got infected. And then from as much as we do, as much exercise, it’s just been jamming into it and it’s created an infection inside. Created a little piece of nail to go in and always be hurting me.
Actually the doctor said it happens a lot. Never happened to me, so it’s something that I am definitely going to prevent for the next time.
I tried everything. We tried medication with taping, and I was playing through the pain for quite a while.
You know, it’s just something that I had to do to make sure that I can be fully recovered and ready for Australian Open. It’s the compromise I had to take.
It’s just very unfortunate timing, because I was really looking forward to playing. But the health is definitely something that’s more important.”
Ready for the Australian Open
Apparently Vika has already don the little intervention and she definately expect t be there for the Australian Open that begins the 14th of January.
“The procedure has been done and the worst already passed by. It just needs some time to get it better.”
Unlucky…Serena got to the final with breaking a sweet!
