Serena Williams earned her first victory of the season Monday at the women's National Bank Open, defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4.
It's just the second tournament of the season for Williams, who made her return to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion fell in the first round to Harmony Tan in three sets at the All England Club. Before then, she last competed at the 2021 Wimbledon tournament, where she retired in the middle of her first match due to a torn hamstring suffered after slipping on the grass surface.
Williams will next play the winner between Belinda Bencic and Tereza Martincova. Serena Williams, not looking even remotely match fit, survives against a nobody qualifier in the first round in Toronto.