How Serena Williams performed on return from long-term injury as Victoria Mboko confirmed to play 2027 United Cup

Victoria Mboko is set to make her return to tennis next month.

The Canadian star has not competed on the WTA circuit since badly injuring her knee at the Queen’s Club Championships.

Mboko is scheduled to make her return to the court at the 2026 World Team Tennis exhibition, which will take place in December.

The youngster’s return to competitive play has now also been confirmed: Mboko will represent Canada at the 2027 United Cup alongside Kayla Cross, Gabriela Dabrowski, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alexis Galarneau and Cleeve Harper.

Mboko will certainly hope to make a statement on her return from injury, as Serena Williams has done throughout the course of her career.

Serena Williams performed like the champion she is after numerous physical setbacks throughout her career

Serena Williams, Mboko’s idol, is one of the toughest individuals to have ever graced the WTA Tour.

You only have to look at how Serena performed on her return from physical setbacks to understand why one is making such a grandiose statement.

Serena suffered her first major setback in 2003, suffering a partial tear of the quadriceps tendon in her left knee.

The injury forced Serena to surrender her number one ranking and miss the 2003 US Open.

Serena returned to competitive play in April 2004, losing in the quarter-finals of the Bausch and Lomb Championships.

Serena went on to reach the Wimbledon final – where she lost to Maria Sharapova – and win the China Open.

The most significant examples of Serena’s grit and determination occurred across the 2010 and 2011 seasons. In July 2010 – shortly after winning Wimbledon – Serena suffered a serious foot injury which required 12 stitches.

In March 2011, the American suffered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism.

The American star returned in June of the same year and went on to reach the Wimbledon fourth round, win the Bank of the West Classic and the Canadian Open, and reach the US Open final.

Six years later, Serena dealt serious complications while giving birth to her daughter.

“First my C-section wound popped open due to the intense coughing I endured as a result of the embolism,” Serena told CNN in 2018. “I returned to surgery, where the doctors found a large hematoma, a swelling of clotted blood, in my abdomen. And then I returned to the operating room for a procedure that prevents clots from traveling to my lungs.”

Serena, who gave birth to her first daughter in September 2017, returned to the Tour in March 2018.

That year, Serena reached the Wimbledon final and the US Open final, losing to Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka, respectively.

Serena also suffered serious injuries at the 2020 French Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

After damaging her Achilles in 2020, Serena did not return to competitive play until the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, which took place in January.

Serena played at a high level throughout the year – reaching the Australian Open final along the way – before suffering a hamstring injury at Wimbledon.

The American legend made her return one year later at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost in the first round to Harmony Tan.

Serena retired from her playing career in August 2022 after losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the US Open third round.

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