Maja Chwalinska has explained why she did not retire after falling on Court 12 and rolling her ankle on match point.

The recent French Open runner-up faced qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew and led 6-2 5-2, holding a match point on the Thai ace’s serve.

But she slipped on the grass at that exact moment, and Sawangkaew was able to hold serve.

Chwalinska received treatment at the next changeover but dropped 11 of the last 13 games to lose 2-6 7-5 6-2.

She later said: “I fell, and I felt my ankle. I wanted to continue, but I felt some – I mean, I didn’t feel comfortable moving, so I wanted to tape it, but, you know, I would lose this point anyway, like it doesn’t matter if I fell or not. It definitely didn’t help me later on, but it is what it is.

“Well, it’s Wimbledon. I don’t want to, you know, retire in Wimbledon.

“I knew that later on I got cramps everywhere, so I knew that it’s not, like, anything, like, I don’t take a huge risk on my health, it’s gonna be okay. But, yeah, I think I would have many regrets if I would retire, so I just wanted to continue.”