Overview
- Victoria Mboko retired from her singles match against Katerina Pliskova with a left-knee issue and after medical checks withdrew from doubles, cancelling the planned Williams–Mboko quarterfinal.
- The withdrawal means Serena’s comeback at Queen’s stands at a single win, her first competitive match in four years which she won 7-6, 6-2 on grass at the Andy Murray Arena.
- In her return match Serena showed bursts of her former quality alongside clear signs of rust, a mix she described as a 'decent' performance as she gauges match fitness.
- Serena plans to travel to Berlin next week to continue evaluating her condition and to decide there whether to request a Wimbledon doubles wildcard.
- Queen’s is a traditional grass-court tune-up for Wimbledon, so Mboko’s injury interrupts Serena’s planned build-up and shifts the near-term test of her readiness to Berlin and the Wimbledon entry decision.