Teenage star Victoria Mboko to miss Wimbledon with knee injury

Victoria Mboko gets treatment for her injury
Victoria Mboko gets treatment for her injuryToby Melville / 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.

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