The tournament organizers awarded the 23-time Slam champion the last remaining wild card. The former world number 1 had already received an invitation to play the doubles, paired with his sister Venus
The most awaited announcement arrives at nightfall: Serena Williams will also play Wimbledon in the singles tournament. The post from the official account of the English Slam (simply “Serena returns”) makes official what had already been rumored and understood in recent days: the still vacant place in the wild cards granted by the Championships, the already announced return of the former world number one in doubles with his sister Venus. A piece was missing to the puzzle of one of the greatest and most anticipated comebacks in the history of tennis.
the return
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Serena will therefore take the singles court after almost 4 years of inactivity, since that tearful night at the US Open, with the defeat against Tomjanovic. The American has already played doubles with Victoria Mboko at Queen’s, where she has already shown a good level, especially on serve, where she seems not to have lost her magic touch. The performance in Berlin together with Karolina Muchova was less brilliant, where Serena lost in the first round, but it was already clear to everyone what the objective was.
nostalgia
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Serena Williams was the woman who revolutionized tennis starting in the late 90s, together with her sister and father Richard. Not only an immense tennis player, but also an incredible character on and off the court. A woman capable of winning Wimbledon 14 times, seven in singles, six in doubles and one in mixed doubles, the third most decorated tennis player in the tournament after Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova. Now at almost 45 years old, Serena returns to the circuit still with the desire to amaze and attempt, who knows, the impossible feat, that of matching Margaret Smith Court to 24 Slams (Serena has 23). Nobody knows what level she is at, probably not even her. However, one thing is certain: Serena, who has lost weight and is physically fitter than when she retired, has not returned just for a nostalgia operation.
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