Huge sensation on the women’s circuit. Serena Williams will participate in the next Wimbledon (June 27-July 10). The queen of tennis announced it on her social networks this Tuesday noon. “SW (for Serena Williams, Ed) and SW 19 (the postcode of Wimbledon). It’s a date ! See you there, ”wrote, under a photo of his shoes on the grass.
Absent since last summer and her tearful retirement in the first round of Wimbledon due to a hamstring injury, she plunged to 1208th in the world. For the past twelve months, she had reserved her appearances for extra-sporting events. We have seen her on fashion shows or even at the F1 GP in Monaco three weeks ago.
The path to an improbable 24th Grand Slam title looks complicated, even if the first step has been taken with an invitation to the ladies’ singles table. It is not yet known whether she will also line up in doubles, which she has won six times with her sister Venus, or even in mixed doubles, which she had already tried in 2019 with Andy Murray.
Her ranking will in any case not protect her from any seed in London. An element that is all the more important as his physique no longer allows him to fight for hours and hours as before. In 2021, she lost in the 3rd round in Melbourne and in the round of 16 Porte d’Auteuil. She’s been chasing another Major win since winning the Australian Open in 2017.
In view of her message, she should participate by then in the Eastbourne tournament which starts on Saturday. Like Nadal or Federer, the veterans therefore resist and refuse to put their rackets away. While the Spaniard has just triumphed for the fourteenth time at Roland-Garros, the Swiss promises to return this fall.