Serena Williams to face Maya Joint on grand slam return at Wimbledon
Serena Williams will make her return to grand slam tennis with a first-round match against Australian Maya Joint at Wimbledon.
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Williams to face Australia's Joint in Wimbledon comeback
LONDON, June 26 : American great Serena Williams will face Australia's Maya Joint in the first round of her Wimbledon comeback.
Shaken Sinner seeks Wimbledon reset as Djokovic, Zverev sniff opportunity
BENGALURU, June 26 : Defending champion Jannik Sinner returns to Wimbledon with his aura of invincibility dented after a dominant stretch, leaving the world number one to prove he can impose his game on grass and keep the challengers led by Novak Djokovic at bay.
Serena return electrifies wide-open Wimbledon
LONDON, June 26 : A decade after Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles title, the American trailblazer's return next week adds a compelling new dimension to an already wide-open women's draw.
Serena Williams to learn her first-round opponent in a comeback at age 44
LONDON: Serena Williams will find out who she’s facing in the first round at Wimbledon — for her first singles match in nearly four years, and at age 44 — when the draw is held Friday.The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion accepted a wild-card entry to the grass-court Grand Slam, where she’ll also compete in doubles with her older sister Venus, who turned 46 last week.It’s all part of a tennis comeback that started with two doubles warmup matches but kicked into high gear Sunday when All England Club announced Serena would play singles.Because she has no ranking, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion could potentially face a highly ranked player such as defending champion Iga Swiatek or No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.Williams hasn’t played a singles match since a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the 2022 US Open.
Evert to miss Wimbledon after cancer recurrence
June 25 : Tennis great Chris Evert will be absent from this year's Wimbledon championships as she is undergoing treatment following a recurrence of ovarian cancer.
Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert to miss Wimbledon after recurrence of ovarian cancer
Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert said Thursday her ovarian cancer has returned and treatment will prevent her from attending Wimbledon this year.
Chris Evert to miss Wimbledon amid ovarian cancer recurrence - ESPN
Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert said Thursday that her ovarian cancer has returned and that the treatment will prevent her from attending Wimbledon this year.