Serena Williams had surgery on tendon

Serena Williams had surgery to repair a lacerated tendon in her right foot July 15, a week after getting 18 stitches in her feet after cutting them on broken glass, she told USA Today on Wednesday.

The top-ranked women's player told USA Today that the tendon was on the top of her foot; however, her World Team Tennis team, the Washington Kastles, said previously that she had cut the bottom of her foot.

The torn tendon was causing her right big toe to "droop," Williams told USA Today.

"I came back to the United States from Germany and knew something was not right," Williams told USA Today. "My big toe was drooping, and I thought, 'My toe shouldn't be hanging like this.' I saw a specialist in New York and had an MRI, and he said I had a tendon that was torn.
He said I didn't necessarily have to fix it, but I'd have a droopy toe the rest of my life. I thought it over and decided it was better to have the surgical procedure, for my career and for my life."

She is receiving physical therapy and resuming training in Los Angeles.