Serena Williams has been handed a wildcard for this summer time’s Wimbledon, with the American tennis star teasing her return to the game on social media a yr after her final skilled match.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion final stepped onto the tennis court docket on the 2021 event, however severely injured her leg within the opening spherical towards Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Neither Serena Williams, or her sister Venus, have been included on the Wimbledon entry listing when it was launched final week, however on Tuesday she posted an image on Instagram of her trainers on grass, with the caption: ‘SW and SW19. It’s a date. ‘2022 See you there. Let’s Go.’
With SW19 being the enduring postcode of the Wimbledon space, it seems that Williams, who has received seven singles titles on the Championships, is trying to make a triumphant return when the event begins on June 27.
It was not initially clear whether or not she can be competing within the singles or the doubles competitions, however the All England Membership have now confirmed she has been given a wildcard entry within the women’ singles.
Williams will heat up for Wimbledon by enjoying at Eastbourne subsequent week, saying: ‘I'm excited to return to the Rothesay Worldwide Eastbourne in England and to be again on the grass – a floor that has been so good to me all through my profession.
‘Eastbourne has a novel allure that you simply don’t see wherever else on Tour and I’m wanting ahead to enjoying in entrance of the followers once more.’
The Williams sisters have received six doubles titles at Wimbledon, and Serena even partnered British nice Andy Murray within the combined occasion in 2019, though he's a doubt for this yr’s event after pulling out of Queen’s with an ab harm.
Her participation this yr was removed from assured, nevertheless, because the 40-year-old didn't take up the choice to enter Wimbledon utilizing a protected rating reserved for gamers who've been side-lined by a long-term harm.
Consequently, Williams, who's at the moment ranked 1,208 on the earth, wanted a wildcard so as to participate and is the one non-Brit handed one to this point within the women’ singles competitors, with Katie Boulter, Jodie Burrage, Sonay Kartal, Yuriko Miyazaki and Katie Swan additionally becoming a member of the veteran tennis star.
Regardless of the dangerous harm, Williams’ return was at all times inevitable because the American is only one Grand Slam title away from equalling Margaret Courtroom’s document of 24.
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