The return of Serena Williams is over: Mboko out of Queen's due to injury

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Serena Williams has put an abrupt end to her return to the women's circuit. The American experienced a stroke of bad luck, although the main affected party is Victoria Mboko, her doubles partner: during her singles match yesterday against Karolina Pliskova, the Canadian suffered an untimely slip that led to an immediate withdrawal. The signs of pain in her left knee were immediate, raising doubts about her participation in the doubles quarterfinal.

Serena and Victoria were set to face Laura Siegemund and Leylah Fernandez in a match that would take the spotlight on the central court of WTA Queen's 2026. However, the news broke early in the morning: there was no turning back, and Mboko, in the interest of not jeopardizing the rest of the grass season, announced her withdrawal from the tournament. Thus ends Serena's participation in British soil with a highly commendable victory over the third seeds, Routliffe and Melichar Martinez.

What Awaits Williams Now?

The roadmap for the Saginaw native continues... with renewed optimism. Her next appointment will be at WTA Berlin 2026, where she will compete only in doubles. Her dancing partner will be Karolina Muchova, a tennis player with a completely different profile from the Canadian, a pairing mixing the power and cannon-like serve maintained by the American with the finesse and skill at the net of the Roland Garros finalist.

The ultimate goal, of course, is Wimbledon. However, her statements at Queen's indicate that Williams is not yet thinking about competing in singles, not ruling it out entirely but making it clear that it is a rather long-term goal. With a complete dominance of the women's doubles in mind, we will see if the American replicates success on German soil before heading to the Tennis Cathedral.

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