Teenage star Victoria Mboko to miss Wimbledon with knee injury

[p]The 19-year-old world number ‌nine slipped awkwardly while ‌facing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pliskova-karolina/xGn9KNfO/"]Karolina Pliskova[/a] on Wednesday, forcing ‌her to retire.[/p][p]After scans ⁠on ‌her left knee, she ​also pulled out of her doubles ​quarter-final alongside [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-serena/ttsu68nH/"]Serena Williams[/a], the 23-time Grand ⁠Slam ​champion who returned to action this week after a near ‌four-year absence from the sport.[/p][p]In an Instagram post on Friday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mboko-victoria/AqVez8TJ/"]Mboko[/a] said she had injured the medial collateral ligament.[/p][p]Mboko is the third player to ‌withdraw from the ​Wimbledon main draw since ‌the initial entry list was released, following American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baptiste-hailey/Cjagsdf4/"]Hailey Baptiste[/a] and Britain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kartal-sonay/nFb01JTe/"]Sonay ⁠Kartal[/a].[/p][embed guid="942f5f05-158d-4c9d-a323-deb0b41f1fa8" url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZfQkTDkRSd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" social-type="instagram" /]