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The anticipated doubles debut for Venus and Serena Williams at Wimbledon will not happen, as Serena says her injured knee "isn’t ready to compete" in the tournament.
The Williams sisters, six-time doubles champions at Wimbledon, were scheduled to face Solana Sierra and Camila Osorio in the first round Saturday. Both players received wild cards to compete, and have not played in a doubles match together since the 2022 US Open.
REQUIRED READING: Wimbledon pushes Serena Williams' doubles match to July 4 after knee injury
Serena injured her knee in the first set against Maya Joint in her first singles match in four years. Joint won the first-round match 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
"Coming back to compete again has been a gift, and the opportunity to play alongside @venuswilliams once more meant the world to me. I did everything I could to be ready, but unfortunately my knee just isn’t ready to compete."
"The photo of the syringes shows the fluid they drained from my knee after my singles match … yikes! The good news is my knee shouldn’t swell or collect that much fluid again," Williams said on Instagram. "The bad news is that, as hard as I tried, I just wasn’t able to get it ready for doubles."
Serena had doubles matches with Victoria Mboko at Queen's and with Karolina Muchova in Berlin as part of her tune-up for Wimbledon.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Serena, Venus Williams withdraw from Wimbledon doubles
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The Williams sisters, six-time doubles champions at Wimbledon, were scheduled to face Solana Sierra and Camila Osorio in the first round Saturday. Both players received wild cards to compete, and have not played in a doubles match together since the 2022 US Open.
REQUIRED READING: Wimbledon pushes Serena Williams' doubles match to July 4 after knee injury
Serena injured her knee in the first set against Maya Joint in her first singles match in four years. Joint won the first-round match 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
"Coming back to compete again has been a gift, and the opportunity to play alongside @venuswilliams once more meant the world to me. I did everything I could to be ready, but unfortunately my knee just isn’t ready to compete."
"The photo of the syringes shows the fluid they drained from my knee after my singles match … yikes! The good news is my knee shouldn’t swell or collect that much fluid again," Williams said on Instagram. "The bad news is that, as hard as I tried, I just wasn’t able to get it ready for doubles."
Serena had doubles matches with Victoria Mboko at Queen's and with Karolina Muchova in Berlin as part of her tune-up for Wimbledon.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Serena, Venus Williams withdraw from Wimbledon doubles
Continue reading...
