The WTA fourth seed was in agony, screaming with pain when losing the primary set tie-breaker. However, when immediate medical treatment, she came along with her right thigh heavily strapped.
There on, she swept aside the Czech 6-0 within the second set, before seeing through the third 6-4 to progress to the third spherical in Melbourne.
After the sport, she confirmed that she had injured her "psoas" muscle, that is linked to the spine and also the hip.
"It was simply a battle these days. you've to be able to play beneath every kind of circumstances. I had to simply calm myself down. within the middle of a match like that, you'll get slightly hysterical."
"I guess if I need to the purpose where I simply could not move in the slightest degree, i suppose i might have had to retire. i have never retired from a match during a long, long time. I simply attend the bitter finish. it had been bitter these days, however it simply did not finish."
Another title hopeful from US, eighth seed Andy Roddick, slammed seventeen aces that helped him see off Russia's Igor Kunitsyn during a 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-3 second-round victory.
The victory ensured Roddick progressed into the third spherical at Melbourne Park. when the victory, he said he felt "comfortable" on the court,
"I assume when you are assured, the court simply makes sense; choices return easier to you. plenty of it comes naturally. there is not a full ton of thought method. you are not forcing plenty. The ball reasonably, I guess, reacts the manner you would like it to. therefore I feel snug out there straight away."