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| Serena Williams, left, and Venus Williams with their trophies after winning the women's doubles final at Wimbledon in 2016. Credit: AP |
Serena and Venus Williams will return to Wimbledon after being given a wild card into the women’s doubles.
The tennis sisters are six-time doubles champions at Wimbledon, winning their last title on their most recent appearance together a decade ago.
Serena, 44, played her first match since 2022 last week at Queen’s Club, winning one round alongside Victoria Mboko before the Canadian was forced to pull out through injury.
The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion joked on court after the victory that she “had nothing better to do” and “got tired of sitting at home”, so she decided to return to the sport she once dominated.
She later added that the comeback was partially inspired by the prospect of her two daughters, Olympia and Adira, being able to watch her play.
Neither Serena nor Venus has yet been given a wild card into the women’s singles, although one spot remains open ahead of the Championships, which start on June 29.
Serena appeared to play down rumours she would be making a singles comeback when the 23-time grand slam champion said, when quizzed at Queen’s, that it was “not my journey right now”.
The younger Williams sister last appeared at Wimbledon four years ago, when she lost in the first round to France’s Harmony Tan, before “evolving away” from tennis later that summer at the US Open.
Speaking last week, All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) chief Sally Bolton said: “I can’t answer that question, but I guess what I can say is we can all see how much excitement Serena being back on a tennis court and particularly on a grass court has created and so one can only imagine what that would be like at the Championships.
- itvX
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