Williams went down fighting as she was beaten by Joint in a thrilling three-set battle <\/a>under the roof on Centre Court. She was then excused from her post-match media duties<\/a>, with her agent later confirming that the 23-time grand slam champion felt her knee at the end of the first set. <\/p>\n The American\u2019s agent Jill Smoller said Williams, who only made her comeback to tennis in doubles last month, will do \u201ceverything she can to be ready for her doubles match\u201d, which is set to be scheduled on Thursday or Friday. <\/p>\n Elsewhere, there are no British players in action in the singles on day three of the Championships after Monday\u2019s wipeout, but Dan Evans<\/a> completed his farewell tour as he lost 6-2 6-4 in his final tournament before retirement, competing alongside former junior champion Henry Searle in the men\u2019s doubles.<\/p>\n Later, Novak Djokovic<\/a> battles Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> as defending champion Jannik Sinner<\/a> and world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> also return to action. There\u2019s also an eye-catching contests between two French Open winners, current champion Mirra Andreeva<\/a> and Barbora Krejcikova<\/a>, who is also a former Wimbledon champion. <\/p>\n Follow latest scores and updates from Wimbledon, below <\/p>\n Wimbledon LIVE: Latest tennis scores and updates<\/a> Serena Williams ‘tweaked her knee’ in singles defeat to Maya Joint<\/p>\n Jill Smoller, the agent of Serena Williams, said: \u201cSerena tweaked her knee at the end of the first set and was therefore excused from her media obligations by the Wimbledon and WTA medical teams. She left site that night unaided and is doing everything she can to be ready for her doubles match later this week.\u201d<\/p>\n Jamie Braidwood1 July 2026 13:16<\/p>\n <\/a>BREAKING: Serena Williams\u2019 Wimbledon doubles comeback in doubt after injury scare<\/p>\n Serena Williams\u2019 doubles comeback at Wimbledon is in doubt after she sustained a knee injury during her first competitive singles match in four years.<\/p>\n The 44-year-old lost a thrilling encounter with 20-year-old Maya Joint 6-3 6-7 6-3 late on Tuesday night on Centre Court, putting up a valiant fight before fading in the third set.<\/p>\n The nearly two-and-a-half hour match, which ended at 10pm local time, brought an early end to a much-anticipated singles comeback at the grand slam where she won seven of her 23 major titles.<\/p>\n She did not take part in the obligatory post-match press conference and The Times reported that that was due to her picking up a knee issue during the match, which required lengthy treatment from the physio.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:51<\/p>\n <\/a>Grand slam champions move through the draw<\/p>\n Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka has made serene progress to the third round, winning 6-3 6-2 against Russian Anastasia Gasanova.<\/p>\n And former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has seen off Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-0.<\/p>\n If those two win their third round-encounters they\u2019ll face off in the fourth round – what a match that would be! <\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:36<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans out of Wimbledon for last time<\/p>\n Evans acknowledges the crowd and takes a moment on his chair to absorb the enormity of the moment, fighting back tears. <\/p>\n Elsewhere, another couple of British men\u2019s doubles players are out: <\/p>\n Ben Jones and Joshua Paris lost 6-4 6-3 to fourth seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, while Luke Johnson and Polish partner Jan Zielinski lost to Jakub Paul and Ryan Seggerman 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:27<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans out of Wimbledon for last time<\/p>\n Not too be on the second match point, however, and that brings an end to Dan Evans\u2019 and Henry Searle\u2019s doubles campaign, as well as Evans\u2019 career.<\/p>\n He still has a smile on his face though as the players shake hands and he waves in acknowledgement to the crowd, who give them a standing ovation.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:16<\/p>\n <\/a>Evans v Searle face match point<\/p>\n At the business end of this doubles match now, with Searle serving to stay in it at 5-4 down.<\/p>\n Nys and Roger-Vasselin earn a match point but the Brits dig themselves out of it for deuce.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:13<\/p>\n <\/a>Around the grounds<\/p>\n There\u2019s an enormous queue to get onto Court 14 for the big-serving slugfest between Hurkacz and Ofner, and the crowd – largely pro-Hubi – go wild as the Pole dives onto the grass at full stretch to somehow win the point, with Ofner stranded beyond the baseline. <\/p>\n They\u2019re even happier a moment later as he clinches the first-set tiebreak 10-8.<\/p>\n Next door, Evans and Searle trail 4-3, on serve. <\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 12:02<\/p>\n <\/a>Around the grounds<\/p>\n Naomi Osaka and Tommy Paul have both clinched their first set 6-3 against Anastasia Gasanova and Soonwoo Kwon respectively, and both trail 2-1, on serve, in the second. <\/p>\n Next to Evans\u2019 and Searle\u2019s doubles match, big-serving Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Ofner are locked in a first-set tiebreak.<\/p>\n Flo Clifford1 July 2026 11:54<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/01KWERYM6V88ZVZWHMNVYHH8KG.jpg\")
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