Tennis-Canada's Mboko to miss Wimbledon with knee injury


Tennis - Queen's Club Championships - Queen's Club, London, Britain - June 10, 2026 Canada's Victoria Mboko reacts after sustaining an injury and retiring from her round of 16 match as Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova looks on REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON, June ⁠12 (Reuters) - Canadian teenager Victoria ⁠Mboko will miss Wimbledon after ‌injuring her knee at this week's Queen's Club Championships.

The 19-year-old world number ​nine slipped awkwardly while ⁠facing Karolina ⁠Pliskova on Wednesday, forcing her to ⁠retire.

After ‌scans on her left knee she also ⁠pulled out of her doubles quarter-final ​alongside ‌Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand ⁠Slam ​champion who returned to action this week after a near ⁠four-year absence from the ​sport.

In an Instagram post on Friday, Mboko said she had injured ⁠the medial collateral ligament.

Mboko is the third player to withdraw from the Wimbledon main ​draw since the ⁠initial entry list was released, ​following American Hailey ‌Baptiste and Britain's Sonay ​Kartal.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Clare Fallon)

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