Serena shows flashes but falls to young Joint in Wimbledon 1st round

Serena Williams Is Coming Back As A Wild Card At Wimbledon

After a few months of cheeky silence and misdirection, plus an experiment on the doubles court, Serena Williams is completing her comeback to professional tennis. The 44-year-old has accepted a wild card into the singles main draw at Wimbledon, which begins next week, causing the traditionally stodgy tournament to post heatedly about the occasion. Williams retired from competition after a third-round appearance at the 2022 U.S. Open. Her first-round match at Wimbledon will mark her first professional singles match since that day. She won the grass-court major seven times, most recently in 2016. In her last appearance in 2022, she lost in the first round. When Williams reentered the anti-doping testing pool at the end of 2025, I thought we were about to witness an extremely effortful marketing campaign for the telehealth company her husband Alexis Ohanian invests in, and the GLP-1 drugs it prescribes. Since her original retirement, she has appeared regularly in ads for the company, and credited the drugs with losing 34 pounds before her return to competition.

Wimbledon Hands Serena Williams Singles Wildcard Spot

American great Serena Williams will make a stunning return to singles at this year’s Wimbledon, after being handed the ​final wildcard by the All England Club. The seven-time Wimbledon singles ‌champion was already assured of a return to the championships for the first time in four years after accepting a doubles wildcard with sister Venus. [] The post Wimbledon Hands Serena Williams Singles Wildcard Spot appeared first on Voice of Nigeria.

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Serena Williams declines post-match press conference after Wimbledon exit

At age 44, Serena Williams’ return to Wimbledon was short-lived. The seven-time Wimbledon champion lost in three sets to 20-year-old Australian Maya Joint in the first round of the Women’s Singles draw on Tuesday. Nobody was prepared to criticize Williams for her return, and rightfully so. She took a woman less than half her age