{"id":264164,"date":"2026-06-12T04:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/264164\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T04:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:44:24","slug":"serena-williams-queens-doubles-run-ends-as-tennis-partner-victoria-mboko-withdraws-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/264164\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams&#8217; Queen&#8217;s doubles run ends as tennis partner Victoria Mboko withdraws injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/serena-williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serena Williams<\/a>&#8216; doubles campaign at Queen&#8217;s Club came to an early end on Thursday (11 June) after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/tennis\/\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;925a8bc8-e8ca-4ba6-bf08-e7faedd3ddee&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-06-11T13:38:38.633Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Serena Williams&#039; Queen&#039;s doubles run ends as tennis partner Victoria Mboko withdraws injured&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;victoria-mboko\\&quot;,\\&quot;serena-williams\\&quot;,\\&quot;karolina-pliskova\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Serena Williams&#039; Queen&#039;s doubles run ends as tennis partner Victoria Mboko withdraws injured&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;serena-williams-queens-doubles-ends-victoria-mboko&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tennis<\/a> doubles partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/victoria-mboko\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Mboko<\/a>, withdrew from their quarter-final with a left knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, 44, made her competitive return to the sport\u00a0on Tuesday, 1,375 days after her last match. Williams and Mboko upset third seeds\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/erin-routliffe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Routliffe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/nicole-melichar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Melichar-Martinez<\/a> 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in their opening match.<\/p>\n<p>Mboko, 19, hurt her knee during her singles match against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/karolina-pliskova\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;925a8bc8-e8ca-4ba6-bf08-e7faedd3ddee&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-06-11T13:38:38.633Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Serena Williams&#039; Queen&#039;s doubles run ends as tennis partner Victoria Mboko withdraws injured&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;victoria-mboko\\&quot;,\\&quot;serena-williams\\&quot;,\\&quot;karolina-pliskova\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Serena Williams&#039; Queen&#039;s doubles run ends as tennis partner Victoria Mboko withdraws injured&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;serena-williams-queens-doubles-ends-victoria-mboko&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1<\/a> on Wednesday. Trailing 6-2, 3-4, the Canadian went down clutching her knee and retired in tears. The withdrawal sends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/leylah-annie-fernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leylah Fernandez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/laura-siegemund\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Siegemund<\/a> through to the semi-finals of the doubles without playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams&#8216; doubles campaign at Queen&#8217;s Club came to an early end on Thursday (11 June) after her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-264164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264164","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=264164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}