Daria Saville reveals ACL injury after heartbreaking moment in Naomi Osaka match

Daria Saville’s worst fears were confirmed this week when she was told she had suffered an ACL injury.

The Australian was forced to withdraw from her latest match against Naomi Osaka at the Pan Pacific Open after collapsing in serious pain.

She retired from the tournament after just seven minutes, unable to continue playing on her knee.

Saville took to Twitter to keep her supporters updated on her injury status. The timeline of her posts are truly heartbreaking to read as she now prepares for a lengthy spell away from the court to recover.

“Can we all pray it’s not [an] ACL, getting [an] MRI tomorrow,” she wrote in the first tweet along with a crying emoji.

She followed up a few hours later with: “I’m seriously in disbelief… what the actual f happened… I am not even sad, I’m just shocked.”

Can we all pray it’s not ACL…