Former tennis world number one Serena Williams celebrated her first win since the beginning of June 2021 on her comeback at the second attempt.
The 40-year-old won her opening match against the Spaniard Nuria Parrizas-Diaz at the US Open preparatory tournament in Toronto after around two hours of play 6: 3, 6: 4.
The next opponent of the 23-time Grand Slam tournament winner is either the Swiss Olympic champion Belinda Bencic or Tereza Martincova from the Czech Republic.
At Wimbledon, Williams had yet to find success in her attempt to return to the tour after a year-long hiatus.
At the end of June, the seven-time winner of the world’s most important tournament lost in their first round encounter to French outsider Harmony Tan in the tie-break of the third and decisive set.
Before Toronto, Williams last left the French Open at the beginning of June last year after the US duel with Danielle Collins as the winner.