Bethanie Mattek-Sands still cannot bring herself to watch video replay of the moment that led to the scream heard ’round the world.
In the first game of the third set of her second-round match against Sorana Cirstea at Wimbledon on July 6, Mattek-Sands was approaching the net when her right knee buckled, sending her sprawling on the grass court and hollering for help.
“I lived it,” Mattek-Sands said Wednesday. “I don’t need to see it.”
One glance at the kneecap that had ruptured and dislocated so badly that it was pushed up into her quadriceps was enough.