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Grotesque photo warning: Western Alamance tennis star hobbled
That ankle belongs to Western Alamance junior Eric Greene, the 2011 NCHSAA Class 3-A state singles tournament runner-up and a News & Record All-Area first-team selection.
Greene, who went 13-1 at No. 1 singles last season, said he fractured his ankle playing basketball in gym class today.
“I can walk on it. I went to the doctor and they said I chipped a bone. They called it an avulsion fracture,” said Greene, who was planning to compete in a U.S. Tennis Association tournament in Greensboro this weekend.
Greene said he’ll be in a boot and use crutches for the next three weeks to a month, but he intends to play tennis for the Warriors this season.
Spring practice begins Monday.
“It could have” been much worse, Greene said. “They said if I kept on walking around for another day or so that I probably would’ve had to have surgery. It’s a good thing I went to the doctor.”
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