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Serena Williams withdraws from Wimbledon doubles due to knee injury

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Last updated Jul 4, 2026

Serena Williams withdraws from Wimbledon doubles due to knee injury
Summary

Serena Williams has withdrawn from her planned doubles match at Wimbledon with her sister Venus due to a knee injury sustained during her singles match earlier this week. The 44-year-old Williams lost to Maya Joint in a three-set match, where she reported knee issues after the first set. The sisters, who have won six doubles titles at Wimbledon, were scheduled to compete against Camila Osorio and Solana Sierra. Williams expressed her disappointment in a social media post, highlighting her desire to play alongside Venus again and thanking the tournament staff and fans for support. Their doubles withdrawal ends their Wimbledon participation.

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  • •Serena Williams injures knee during first-round singles match.
  • •Sisters were set to play first doubles match together since 2022.
  • •Williams feels heartbroken about the withdrawal from doubles.
  • •Venus also exits mixed doubles after a loss earlier this week.
  • •Future tournament plans for Williams not yet announced.
Latest Updates
  • 4:11 PMYahoo Sports — Serena Williams withdraws from Wimbledon doubles match with sister Venus
  • 4:00 PMYahoo Sports — Serena Williams (knee) withdraws from Wimbledon doubles with Venus
  • 3:34 PMYahoo Sports — Serena Williams pulls out of Wimbledon doubles due to knee injury
  • 3:20 PMThe Guardian Sport — ‘Heartbroken’: injury ends Williams sisters’ hopes of Wimbledon doubles reunion
  • 3:10 PMYahoo Sports — Wimbledon: Serena Williams withdraws from doubles tournament with sister Venus due to knee injury
  • 3:10 PMYahoo Sports — Serena Williams Will Not Play Wimbledon Doubles with Sister Venus as Injured Knee 'Just Isn’t Ready to Compete': 'I’m Heartbroken'
  • 3:09 PMYahoo Sports — Serena, Venus withdraw from Wimbledon doubles
  • 3:06 PMBBC Sport — Injury ends Williams' Wimbledon comeback
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23-time champion fails to recover after defeat by Joint Serena and Venus pull out of Saturday evening match Serena Williams will not compete alongside Venus Williams in the doubles after she was forced to withdraw from their first-round match due to the knee injury sustained in her singles return at Wimbledon. Williams had been in a race to be fit to face Camila Osorio and Solana Sierra on Saturday afternoon. But she has not recovered from twisting her knee in the first set of her opening-round singles match against Maya Joint, which she lost 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Continue reading...

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THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, London — Serena Williams’ Wimbledon comeback is officially over. Williams and her sister Venus pulled out of the women’s doubles tournament Saturday ahead of their first-round match, days after Williams made her return to Grand Slam tennis as a singles wild card with a 3-6, 7-6(6), 3-6 loss to 20-year-old Aussie Maya Joint in the first round. The day after that match, Williams, 44, said she’d tweaked her knee in the first set and was doing everything she could to return to

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Serena Williams withdrew from her doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon on Saturday due to a right knee injury. The 44-year-old Serena was injured during her singles return earlier in the week. The post included images of four syringes that Serena says “shows the fluid they drained from my knee after my singles match.”

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