Tennis nice Serena Williams, who retired in 2022, has been awarded a wildcard for the Wimbledon grass court docket championships beginning in per week.
Organizers launched their preliminary listing of wildcards on Sunday, with Williams, a seven-time champion on the All England Membership, one in all eight gamers awarded a spot within the girls singles occasion.
A social media submit by the official Wimbledon Championships mentioned: “This isn’t a drill” with an image of Williams standing on a grass court docket captioned “Serena returns”.
“@serenawilliams will compete within the 2026 girls’ singles at #Wimbledon as a wild card,” learn the submit.
The 44-year-old former world primary and 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has not performed a singles match for the reason that 2022 US Open.
Nonetheless, she did make one look at Queen’s final week alongside Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko.
They knocked out the third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe earlier than an damage to Mboko ended their participation with out enjoying one other match.
Williams and Czech doubles accomplice Karolina Muchova then misplaced of their first match on the Berlin Open this week, hours after the American nice and her sister Venus Williams have been awarded a wildcard to play within the Wimbledon doubles occasion.
They’re six-time doubles winners at Wimbledon, final triumphing there a decade in the past.
