Eloimated from the circuit since his abandonment in the first round on the British lawn almost a year ago, the American will make her return to 40 years.
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After a year without playing, it is by An Instagram post published at midday, Tuesday, June 14, that Serena Williams let glimpse her return to competition. Under a photo of his shoes on the lawn, this legend written by the American tennis star: “SW and SW19 [the Wimbledon postal code]. It’s a meeting. 2022 We see each other. Let’s go #renasarmy “.
The organizers of the London tournament (June 27-July 10) confirmed a few hours later that they had granted him an invitation (Wild-Card) so that she could align in the Grand Chelem tournament which crowned her seven times. The last match of the former world number one, aged 40, dates back to the first round of the 2021 edition where she had to abandon due to a thigh injury.
Since then, she has subsided at the 1,208 e place in the world ranking. Her last title in London dates back to 2016, but she had reached the final in 2018 and 2019.
Before Wimbledon, the youngest of the Sisters Williams will previously play in double the Eastbourne Gazon Tournament, associated with the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (4 world in simple), according to the organizers of this tournament Preparatory at the London Grand Slam. “I am very happy to come back [to Eastbourne] in England and to be back on grass, an area that succeeded so much during my career,” said the American in a press release from the English Tennis Federation.
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