Serena Williams is returning to the singles court docket Tuesday, following her transfer away from tennis in 2022.
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The 23-time main champion made her official comeback to the tour earlier this month, becoming a member of Canadian Victoria Mboko on the HSBC Championships for doubles. After successful the primary spherical, they exited within the second after Mboko was injured.
Along with receiving a wild-card entry for the singles draw, Williams might be partnering with Venus Williams, her older sister, for doubles via an invite at Wimbledon. The pair have a complete of 14 main doubles titles, together with six at Wimbledon.
Her sister has continued her time on the WTA Tour, reaching the quarterfinals in doubles on the 2025 U.S. Open, partnering with Leylah Fernandez.
Serena Williams is competing in opposition to 20-year-old Australian Maya Joint within the singles draw.
Joint is at present ranked No. 87 and is trying to make it previous the primary spherical at Wimbledon for the primary time in opposition to the seven-time former champion. Williams final gained Wimbledon in 2016 and holds an general 98-14 file, however misplaced within the first spherical at her final look in 2022.
In stepping again 4 years, Williams didn’t say she was retiring, as an alternative saying she was “evolving away” from the game.
“Possibly the most effective phrase to explain what I’m as much as is evolution,” she mentioned in a 2022 Vogue essay. “I’m right here to inform you that I’m evolving away from tennis, towards different issues which might be essential to me.”
Since then, Williams has welcomed a second youngster and labored on a significant marketing campaign endorsing a GLP-1 treatment. Her resolution to simply accept the singles entry was a last-minute resolution, coming after her doubles look was introduced.
“I believed not each day Wimbledon holds a wild card for somebody,” she mentioned to the press Sunday, in accordance with the WTA. “I can title in all probability like a handful of individuals. I occurred to be a type of individuals. I believed I ought to actually take this chance. Who is aware of if I’ll ever make it right here once more? This might be it.”
