LONDON (AP) 鈥� Rising star Victoria Mboko will miss because of a knee injury sustained during a match this week at Queen鈥檚 Club, where the Canadian teenager was in the spotlight as the .
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.
鈥淯nfortunately, 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,鈥� Mboko wrote on Instagram.
Williams and Mboko had won their opening doubles match Tuesday 鈥� in the 44-year-old Williams鈥� first professional match .
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 鈥渘o stability” in it.
In her Wimbledon debut last year, Mboko reached the second round where she lost to Hailey Baptiste.
Mboko gave a special thanks Friday to Williams 鈥渇or giving me this incredible opportunity to play alongside you. I learnt so much from you and am so sorry our tournament came to an end prematurely, but I hope we can play together again soon and finish what we started.鈥�
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