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06/12/26 10:31:00
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06/12 10:29 CDT Serena Williams' doubles partner Victoria Mboko to miss
Wimbledon with knee injury
Serena Williams' doubles partner Victoria Mboko to miss Wimbledon with knee
injury
LONDON (AP) --- 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. She
retired from the match and later pulled out of the doubles event.
The 19-year-old Mboko slipped and appeared to strain her knee during a match
against Karolina Pliskova at the HSBC Championships. She retired from the match
and later pulled out of the doubles event.
"Unfortunately, my fall on Wednesday caused an injury to the MCL on my left
knee, which sadly means I will miss the remainder of the grass season. This
unfortunately means Wimbledon too, a tournament I had been so looking forward
to playing this year," she wrote on Instagram.
Williams and Mboko had won their opening doubles match Tuesday --- in the
44-year-old Williams' first professional match since the 2022 U.S. Open.
While trying to return a shot in the second set against Pliskova, Mboko slipped
behind the baseline and immediately grabbed her left knee. She told a
physiotherapist there was "no stability" in it.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
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