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Serena Williams Withdraws From Wimbledon Doubles as Knee Injury Follows Singles Loss

Serena Williams withdraws from her scheduled Wimbledon doubles match with Venus Williams after a knee injury sustained in her singles return leaves her unable to compete.The 44-year-old twisted her knee in the first set of a three-set loss to Maya Joint, underwent on-court treatment and posted images of fluid being drained and a swollen knee on Instagram.Tournament organizers delayed the doubles first round and held a wild card to give Serena extra recovery time, but an agent confirmed the injury prevents her from meeting media obligations and forced a withdrawal that gives Camila Osorio and Solana Sierra a replacement match.The pullout ends the sisters’ plan to reunite on grass for the first time since their 2016 doubles title, underscores the limits of Serena Williams’s comeback after nearly four years away and leaves uncertainty about her future on grass.
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