Serena Williams’ doubles marketing campaign at Queen’s has been curtailed as her enjoying accomplice Victoria Mboko has withdrawn with a left knee harm.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, 44, made her return to tennis on Tuesday after nearly 4 years away from the game.
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The pair had been scheduled to play their quarter-final on Thursday however Mboko, 19, suffered a nasty fall in her singles match on Wednesday, which compelled her to retire from the match.
Trailing 6-2 3-4 in opposition to Karolina Pliskova, the Canadian teenager cried out in ache as she went down clutching her knee and she or he limped off the courtroom in tears.
It means her compatriot Leylah Fernandez and Germany’s Laura Siegemund, who they have been scheduled to face within the doubles on Thursday night, advance to the semi-finals.
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