{"id":263107,"date":"2026-06-11T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263107\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:05:47","slug":"serena-williams-queens-comeback-ends-early-after-victoria-mboko-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263107\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams’ Queen’s comeback ends early after Victoria Mboko injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serena Williams<\/a>‘ comeback at Queen’s Club<\/a> is over after doubles partner Victoria Mboko suffered a knee injury in her singles match last night.<\/p>\n

Williams, 44, playing her first tennis match in almost four years on Tuesday, was teaming up with 19-year-old Mboko for the women’s doubles.<\/p>\n

The pair beat third seeds Erin Routliffe and Nicole Melichar-Martinez at the Andy Murray Arena<\/a> in front of a sell-out crowd.<\/p>\n

After “evolving away” from tennis in 2022 after 23 Grand Slam titles in a glittering 27-year career, Tuesday’s win seemed like the start of a fairytale return.<\/p>\n

\"Comeback<\/p>\n

Comeback over: Serena Williams (PA)<\/p>\n

With Williams and Mboko due to play their quarter-final clash against Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund on Thursday evening, Mboko faced off against Karolina Pliskova in the singles on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Mboko, trailing 6-2 3-4 to Pliskova, was forced to retire after a nasty fall, leaving the court in tears.<\/p>\n

Her withdrawal from the women’s doubles was confirmed on Thursday morning, with Fernandez and Siegemund receiving a bye to the semis, ending Williams’ comeback.<\/p>\n

\"Pained:<\/p>\n

Pained: Victoria Mboko (Getty)<\/p>\n

Her return was only confirmed last week after announcing her partnership with Mboko at Queen’s Club.<\/p>\n

On why she returned to tennis, Williams said: “I had nothing better to do, I got tired of sitting at home. My kids are out of school for the summer, so why not?<\/p>\n

“I never got to play here, it was always just the men. It feels really special to play somewhere so iconic.”<\/p>\n

Her daughters Olympia, 8, and Adira – born in 2023 – watched on from the stands at Tuesday’s match, alongside father and tech tycoon Alexis Ohanian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Williams may play at Wimbledon<\/a>, which begins on 29th June, but no decision has yet been confirmed regarding her involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams‘ comeback at Queen’s Club is over after doubles partner Victoria Mboko suffered a knee injury in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[100660,101999,100780,101485,100882,9,24,100659,63,21130,122,124,123,82657,101998,79755,97811],"class_list":["post-263107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-erin-routliffe","tag-grand-slam-titles","tag-karolina-pliskova","tag-laura-siegemund","tag-leylah-fernandez","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nicole-melichar-martinez","tag-nyc","tag-queens-club","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-serena-williams","tag-tennis-match","tag-victoria-mboko","tag-womens-doubles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}