Wimbledon 2016: Agnieszka Radwanksa scrapes through as opponent injures ankle

Agnieszka Radwanska avoided becoming the second of the top three women’s seeds to lose at Wimbledon on Thursday, beating Croatia’s Ana Konjuh 6-2 4-6 9-7 after her opponent took a tumble and needed treatment in the penultimate game.

Konjuh, ranked 103rd in the world, had three match points herself but, with the contest poised at 7-7 and 40-15 on Radwanska’s serve, the Croat stepped on a ball she was chasing down and rolled her right ankle, collapsing at the chairs in tears.She played on, heavily strapped, but with her movement limited, the third-seeded Pole held her nerve and took the match – booed by the crowd for playing a drop shot.

Earlier, French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, seeded second, was ushered out of the grasscourt major by unheralded Slovak qualifier Jana Cepelova.