Former tennis world number one Serena Williams has indicated her comeback after a year’s break for the grass classic in Wimbledon.
The 23-time Grand Slam tournament winner wrote on Instagram: “SW and SW19. it’s a date 2022 See you there. Here we go“. SW19 stands for the London Borough Wimbledonin which the tournament will start on June 27 this year.
The 40 year old Williams published the image of two legs in tennis shoes on the lawn. She left it open whether Williams really wanted to compete in singles or, for example, play the doubles competition. In her post, she also referred to the grass tournament in Eastbourne in the next week. Maybe the American will return to the tour there.
Return possible with wildcard
Williams was missing from the entry list for Wimbledon, which the organizers published a week and a half ago. However, she can still do one wildcard apply and celebrate their return.
The seven-time Wimbledon champion Williams had her last match so far a year ago in All England Club contested when the American retired injured in the first round against Alexandra Sasnovich of Belarus. Due to her long absence from the professional tour, there had also been speculation of a possible impending retirement. With another Grand Slam title would Serena Williams the Australian’s record Margaret Court set to.