- Serena Williams' tennis comeback at Queen's Club has been prematurely curtailed after her doubles partner, Victoria Mboko, was forced to withdraw due to a left knee injury.
- Mboko sustained the injury during her singles match against Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday, retiring after slipping in the second set and expressing concerns about her knee's stability.
- Following Mboko's official withdrawal on Thursday morning, Williams and Mboko's scheduled opponents, Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund, advanced to the semi-finals via a walkover.
- This early exit from Queen's means Williams will now turn her attention to the Berlin Tennis Open, for which she has yet to announce a new partner.
- Williams, who had not played tennis in nearly four years, had previously seemed unlikely to return to the sport but has not ruled out participating in Wimbledon.
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