Serena Williams an injury doubt for Wimbledon doubles with Venus

Serena Williams is an injury doubt for Wimbledon women's doubles with her sister Venus after tweaking her right knee during a first-round singles loss to Maya Joint. The 44-year-old 23-time grand slam champion was excused from post-match media obligations by medical teams and is working to be ready for the doubles match later this week.

Serena Williams an injury doubt for Wimbledon doubles with Venus The 23-time grand slam singles champion tweaked her right knee during her loss to Maya Joint on Tuesday night. - Bookmark Serena Williams’ Wimbledon /topic/wimbledon appearance in women’s doubles with sister Venus /topic/venus is in doubt because of a knee injury. The 44-year-old made her return in singles after nearly four years away on Tuesday night to a rapturous Centre Court /topic/centre-court reception. Williams produced a strong display before fading in a 6-3 6-7 6 6-3 loss to 20-year-old Australian /topic/australian Maya Joint. There had been no indication during the match that the 23-time grand slam singles champion had hurt herself but she did not attend the customary post-match press conference, instead issuing a short quote. Players can be fined for skipping press conferences but it was revealed on Wednesday that Williams was physically hampered. A statement from the American’s agent Jill Smoller read: “Serena tweaked her right knee at the end of the first set and was therefore excused from her media obligations by the Wimbledon and WTA medical teams. “She left site that night unaided and is doing everything she can to be ready for her doubles match later this week.” Serena and Venus, whose combined age is 90, have taken a wild card into the doubles for their first appearance together at the All England Club since they won their sixth title a decade ago.