{"id":305828,"date":"2026-06-12T23:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305828\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:24:35","slug":"serena-williams-doubles-partner-victoria-mboko-to-miss-wimbledon-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305828\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams’ doubles partner Victoria Mboko to miss Wimbledon with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associated Press<\/p>\n

Associated Press<\/p>\n

Published:\u00a0June 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM<\/p>\n

\"\"Victoria Mboko, left, of Canada retires injured during her match against Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic on day three of the Queen’s Club tennis championships in London, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Ben Whitley\/PA via AP) (PA Wire) (Ben Whitley\/Ben Whitley\/PA via AP) \"\"Victoria Mboko of Canada in action against Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic on day three of the Queen’s Club tennis championships in London, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Ben Whitley\/PA via AP) (PA Wire) (Ben Whitley\/Ben Whitley\/PA via AP) \"\"Serena Williams of the United States, right, hits a return as she and playing partner Victoria Mboko of Canada play against Nicole Melichar-Martinez of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand during their first round doubles match at the Queen’s Club tennis championships in London, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo\/Alberto Pezzali) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Alberto Pezzali\/AP Photo\/Alberto Pezzali) <\/p>\n

LONDON (AP) \u2014 Rising star Victoria Mboko will miss Wimbledon because of a knee injury sustained during a match this week at Queen\u2019s Club, where the Canadian teenager was in the spotlight as the doubles partner of Serena Williams.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Mboko, who is ranked No. 9, slipped and appeared to strain her knee during a match against Karolina Pliskova at the HSBC Championships. She retired from the match and later pulled out of the doubles event.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, my fall on Wednesday caused an injury to the MCL on my left knee, which sadly means I will miss the remainder of the grass season. This unfortunately means Wimbledon too, a tournament I had been so looking forward to playing this year,\u201d Mboko wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

Williams and Mboko had won their opening doubles match Tuesday \u2014 in the 44-year-old Williams\u2019 first professional match since the 2022 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

While trying to return a shot in the second set against Pliskova, Mboko slipped behind the baseline and immediately grabbed her left knee. She told a physiotherapist there was \u201cno stability” in it.<\/p>\n

In her Wimbledon debut last year, Mboko reached the second round where she lost to Hailey Baptiste.<\/p>\n

Mboko gave a special thanks Friday to Williams \u201cfor giving me this incredible opportunity to play alongside you. I learnt so much from you and am so sorry our tournament came to an end prematurely, but I hope we can play together again soon and finish what we started.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n

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