Serena Williams withdraws from HSBC Championships after partner injury

Victoria Mboko, No. 9 in the WTA's singles rankings and doubles partner of Serena Williams, will miss Wimbledon with an MCL injury to her left knee, she announced Friday.

Rising star Victoria Mboko will miss Wimbledon because of a knee injury sustained during a match this week at Queen’s Club, where the Canadian teenager was in the spotlight as the doubles partner of Serena Williams. 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.

Serena Williams’ return to competitive tennis has been cut short after her doubles partner, Victoria Mboko, withdrew from the HSBC Championships with a knee injury. Williams and Mboko were due to continue their doubles campaign at Queen’s Club after winning their opening match earlier in the tournament.

Serena Williams' return to tennis has been cut short after her doubles partner, Victoria Mboko, was forced to withdraw from the HSBC Championships with a knee injury.

Mboko forced out with knee injury after heavy fall Williams’ focus now shifts to Berlin wildcard spot Serena Williams’s first tournament since coming out of retirement has ended prematurely after her partner Victoria Mboko was forced to withdraw from the Queen’s Club tournament after injuring her knee when slipping on the grass in her singles match on Wednesday. Williams made a sensational return to competition at 44 after a four-year absence on Tuesday alongside Mboko as the pair defeated the third seeds Nicole Melichar Martinez and Erin Routliffe 7-6(2), 6-2. The pair were scheduled to face Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading...

Serena Williams’ London comeback at the HSBC Championships has been prematurely curtailed after her doubles partner Victoria Mboko was forced to withdraw with a left knee injury. It looked unlikely Williams, 44, and Mboko, 19, would play Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund on Thursday evening as scheduled when Mboko retired from her singles match against Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday after slipping in the second set.

Serena Williams' doubles campaign at Queen's is curtailed as her playing partner Victoria Mboko withdraws with a left knee injury.

Victoria Mboko, the American star’s doubles partner, sustained a knee injury in her singles match against Karolina Pliskova.

Serena Williams' doubles campaign at Queen's is in doubt after Victoria Mboko suffers a knee injury in her singles match against Karolina Pliskova.

Serena Williams offered condolences to her doubles partner Victoria Mboko after an injury forced the 19-year-old to withdraw from the Queen's Club doubles tournament.