Williams sisters withdraw from Wimbledon doubles after Serena suffers knee injury

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The Williams' sisters' instrumentality to competitory tennis arsenic a duo is implicit earlier it started.

In their archetypal Grand Slam doubles contention unneurotic successful astir 4 years, Serena, 44, and Venus were forced to retreat from the Wimbledon doubles aft the younger Serena's genu injury.

Serena was injured during her singles instrumentality earlier successful the week — successful a three-set loss.

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Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States during their Women's Doubles lucifer connected Arthur Ashe Stadium against Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic during the US Open Tennis Championship 2022 astatine the USTA National Tennis Centre connected Sept. 1, 2022 successful Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

"I’m heartbroken to person to retreat from doubles. Coming backmost to vie again has been a gift, and the accidental to play alongside @venuswilliams erstwhile much meant the satellite to me. I did everything I could but unluckily my genu conscionable isn’t acceptable to compete," Serena said successful an Instagram post.

The station included images of 4 syringes that Serena said "shows the fluid they drained from my genu aft my singles match." An accompanying video showed her walking with strapping up and down her close limb and what appeared to beryllium 1 of her daughters holding a cane for her.

However, with the U.S. Open approaching, Serena indicated she could play again determination other soon.

"All I tin say," Serena said, "is enactment tuned to a metropolis adjacent you."

Serena Williams, left, meets her sister Venus Williams aft their lucifer during the 3rd circular of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, successful Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 31, 2018.

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The Williams sisters — Venus is 46 — were scheduled to play Camila Osorio and Solana Sierra. It was the lone first-round doubles lucifer that wasn't scheduled earlier successful the week, having been pushed backmost to springiness Serena much clip to recover.

Serena was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 by 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia connected Tuesday successful her large return.

The Williams sisters are six-time champions arsenic partners successful women's doubles astatine Wimbledon. It was the archetypal clip they teamed up astatine Wimbledon since winning it successful 2016. It was besides the archetypal clip they had teamed up since the 2022 U.S. Open, which they mislaid successful the archetypal round.