Serena Williams in the doubles semifinal at Eastbourne

Serena Williams and Ons Jabeur got a taste for it: in the Eastbourne doubles tournament, the former number 1 in the world and the Tunisian number 3 passed the round and are in the semifinals after overcoming 6-2 6-4 win Shuko Aoyama and Chan Hao-ching. Very encouraging signs are those seen by the parts of Serena who at almost 41 years old is preparing to return to the field at Wimbledon after 1 year of absence from the fields with the dream of Slam number 24.

What a service

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And with a serve like the one seen between yesterday and today, the youngest Williams will be very scary. On the five break points she had to save, Serena scored 4 aces and a winning serve, a sign that the 23 Slam queen is not back for just any catwalk. For the newborn duo, the next obstacle will be the pair formed by Magda Linette and Aleksandra Krunic, who overtook Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos 6-1, 6-3. “I live for the day – said Williams -. It took me a long time to recover after my quadriceps hamstring injury. I did little training and when I realized I wasn’t going to play in New York I stopped abruptly.” But the idea of ​​returning has never abandoned her, and so, for safety: “I tried to stay in shape because you never know what can happen … I love playing tennis, but I also love it very much. my life off the pitch “. Serena won her last Grand Slam in 2017, the Australian Open in which she, already pregnant with Olympia, overtook her sister Venus in the final. Since then, she has lost four Grand Slam finals including Wimbledon 2018 and 2019. Her last success at her Championships dates back to 2016.