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The hit also tore his lateral cruciate ligament, shredded the cartilage in his knee and tore the hamstring off the bone.

She signed a new two-year contract in June but has not played since January because of a knee ligament injury.

Questions were naturally raised about whether the ligament injury would rule her out of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, which have got under way this week in Malaga.

Returning from a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury is Leia Edwards.

The former Ipswich and Bournemouth defender was making his first appearance in the competition, having only recently returned from 14 months out with a cruciate ligament injury.