By Julie Glass
Serena Williams was one point from the Australian Open semifinals when she lost her footing and the match slipped away today.
Williams, who was seeking a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title, lost the final six games to fall, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, to Karolina Pliskova, relinquishing her lead after rolling her left ankle when the match was within her reach.
“I was almost in the locker room, but now I’m standing here as a winner,” Pliskova said in her on-court interview after the match. “So it’s a really good feeling.”
Williams, known more for improbable comebacks than collapses, had not lost a Grand Slam match after holding a match point since the 2010 French Open.
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