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Tennis-Serena Fighting to Be Fit for Wimbledon Doubles With Venus After Knee Issue

Tennis-Serena Fighting to Be Fit for Wimbledon Doubles With Venus After Knee Issue

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – Serena ⁠Williams ⁠will do everything to ⁠be ready for her Wimbledon doubles campaign alongside ​older sister Venus after sustaining a knee injury during her opening ‌singles defeat on Tuesday, the ‌American’s agent said. The 44-year-old’s highly anticipated comeback to competitive ⁠action after ⁠four years away ended in disappointment after a 6-3 6-7(6) ​6-3 defeat to little-known Australian Maya Joint, and she later skipped her mandatory post-match press conference. British media reported the 23-times Grand Slam ​champion was not fined for her absence because she was injured, ⁠with ⁠the focus now shifting ⁠to ​her doubles commitments this week after she received a wild card to ​compete with Venus. The ⁠Williams sisters are drawn to play Solana Sierra and Camila Osorio in the opening round. “Serena tweaked her right knee at the end of the first set (against Joint) and was excused from her ⁠media obligations by the Wimbledon and WTA medical teams,” Williams’ ⁠agent Jill Smoller was quoted as saying in the Times newspaper. “She left site that night unaided and …

Tennis-Serena to Reignite Venus Partnership After Receiving Wimbledon Doubles Wildcard

Tennis-Serena to Reignite Venus Partnership After Receiving Wimbledon Doubles Wildcard

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – American great Serena Williams ⁠will ⁠return to Wimbledon with her ⁠sister Venus following a four-year absence after the All England ​Club gave the pair a doubles wildcard on Tuesday and added a fascinating storyline to ‌this year’s tournament. Serena has 23 ‌Grand Slam singles titles, including seven at Wimbledon, and has also captured six ⁠doubles titles ⁠at the All England Club playing alongside her older sibling. The ​44-year-old made a long-awaited comeback this month at the Queen’s Club Championships, playing doubles with Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko. That partnership was cut short after Mboko suffered a knee injury that ​ruled her out of Wimbledon. Williams is now gearing up for the grasscourt Grand ⁠Slam ⁠beginning on June 29 by ⁠playing doubles ​in Berlin this week partnering Karolina Muchova. Her last match at Wimbledon was in ​2022 when she also ⁠needed a wildcard and lost to Harmony Tan in the first round. Wildcards are handed to players whose ranking does not allow them automatic entry and are usually reserved for high-profile players …

Tennis-Serena to Make Much-Awaited Return at Queen’s Club Championships

Tennis-Serena to Make Much-Awaited Return at Queen’s Club Championships

Published by Sam Flores

June 1 (Reuters) – American great Serena Williams on Monday announced her ⁠long-anticipated ⁠return to competitive tennis following a prolonged ⁠absence at this month’s Queen’s Club Championships, as the 44-year-old reignited memories of ​her dominance over two decades. Williams, who won the last of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles in 2017 and has not competed ‌since the 2022 U.S. Open, received ‌a wildcard entry into the doubles draw, the London-based club said in a statement. She posted a video on social ⁠media in which ⁠she was shown walking off a tennis court to her buzzing phone. “Guess everybody ​heard the news,” she said, while the post had the caption: “Good news travels fast.” Speculation around Williams’ return had intensified after she was cleared to officially enter tournaments after rejoining the tennis anti-doping testing pool last year. “Queen’s Club feels like the perfect place ​to begin this next chapter,” former world number one Williams, now a mother of two daughters, said in ⁠the ⁠statement. “Grass has given me some ⁠of the most ​meaningful moments of …