Serena Williams

A year after Serena Williams retired injured from what many feared would be her last Wimbledon match, world No.115 Harmony Tan tore up another script at ...

“When I saw the draw I was really scared. Who knows where I’ll pop up?” I thought if I could win one or two games it was really good for me.” “I think physically I did pretty good. Who knows? “For my first Wimbledon, it’s wow.

Serena Williams was defeated in her first singles match for a year on Tuesday, going down 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) to unseeded Harmony Tan in the first round of ...

The American was first to break in the decider but Tan levelled at 3-3. There’s definitely a lot of motivation to get better and play at home,” the 40-year-old American said afterwards, brushing off retirement talk. “When I saw the draw, I was really scared. “I am just playing for right now. It is business as usual at the Grand Slam this year after the tournament was cancelled due to Covid in 2020 and last year was played in front of reduced crowds. I thought if I can win one game, two games, that would be really good for me.” “I’m so emotional now,” said Tan. “She’s a superstar. The All England Club said in a statement that protocols remained in place to minimise the risk of infection. But from 4-2 down the second seed found an extra gear, winning the next four games to seal the match in a little over three and a half hours, roared on by the Centre Court crowd. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, broke after a mammoth second game of the second set and went on to level the match 6-1. Serena Williams was defeated in her first singles match for a year on Tuesday, going down 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) to unseeded Harmony Tan in the first round of Wimbledon. Seven-time champion Williams was cheered as she walked onto Centre Court for the evening match, but she looked rusty and was broken in her first service game.

The all-time great was downed in the first round of Wimbledon after spending a year away from the court.

I feel like . . . I don't know. Onward and up," Williams said. "Obviously, the summer is — we're in the summer now, and right in the swing of it.

Serena Williams brushed off any talk of retirement on Wednesday by insisting she is “motivated” to play at the US Open later this year despite a shattering ...

The American was first to break in the decider but Tan levelled at 3-3. “When I saw the draw, I was really scared. There’s definitely a lot of motivation to get better and play at home,” the 40-year-old American said. I thought if I can win one game, two games, that would be really good for me.” “I’m so emotional now,” said Tan. “She’s a superstar. “I am just playing for right now.

Stepping out on court to play singles for the first time since leaving the big stage prematurely and in tears after suffering a hamstring injury in the opening ...

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android But today was what I could do. Asked if she could be satisfied with Tuesday's loss being her final Wimbledon memory, she said: "Obviously not. "But today I gave all I could do. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of them, but obviously not enough." Who knows where I'll pop up."

In the longest match of 2022 Wimbledon thus far, Harmony Tan eked past Serena Williams in a Centre Court clash. Seven-time Wimbledon champion Williams was ...

Booming groundstrokes gave Williams a 4-0 lead in the breaker, but Tan leveled the tussle to reach 6-6. In the second set, Williams prevailed on her seventh break point of a grueling 19-minute game to lead 2-0. However, Tan passed Williams to break back for 5-5, and Tan held her first match point at 6-5. Match moments: Williams rebounded from 0-2 to 4-2 in the opening set, but Tan used crafty play to pull her way back into the opener. However, Tan charged back from a 4-0 deficit in that breaker to earn her first grass-court match-win at tour level. Williams, 40, suffered only her third first-round loss at a Grand Slam event in her legendary career. "It's a dream because, you know, I saw Serena on the TV when I was young. "It's definitely better than last year, that's a start. She's a legend." Williams' most recent singles match took place one year ago on the very same court, where she suffered an ankle injury against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the Wimbledon first round. "I play every ball like just, put some slice, some change, some variety on the game, and it works today. Tan eliminated 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams after 3 hours and 11 minutes of gripping play.

A second consecutive first-round exit at Wimbledon leaves the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion looking human, but suggesting she has more tennis left to ...

Williams packed up her bags, waved to the crowd, and then, in an interview room a little while later, said the idea of playing in New York at the U.S. Open later in the summer, after some time on the practice courts, carried plenty of appeal. “Just being here shows that she has a lot of love for her work and for this game. “The only thing that shows is passion and love for the game,” Nadal said of her comeback attempt. There were flashbacks on Tuesday. Williams surged to an early lead in the deciding set, then minutes later, she was fighting, down a game, though on serve, against the 115th-ranked player in the world, a 24-year-old who grew up watching her on television. But in the tiebreaker, she frittered away prosperity once more, allowing a 4-0 lead to become a 9-7 deficit. The Serena Williams of the past two decades has been so much more than a gifted athlete who knew what to do with 11 ounces of carbon fiber in her right hand. “I think it’s great that we have her back,” said Maria Sakkari of Greece, who called Williams a great role model. In addition to her usual slew of sponsors, Williams announced earlier this year that her early-stage venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, has raised an inaugural fund of $111 million to invest in founders with diverse points of view and backgrounds. Williams must, too, just as she did against Tan, a part of a deeper-than-ever WTA Tour where anyone can beat, or lose, to anyone else. For the better part of two decades, Williams dominated her sport unlike anyone else. A feathery drop shot late in the third set showed the touch that appears infrequently now. She became a successful businesswoman and a mother.

Former world number one and holder of 23 Grand Slams was playing at Wimbledon after a year out through injury.

The American was first to break in the decider but Tan levelled at 3-3. There are a number of things Serena Williams could be doing tonight. But here she is, grinding and hustling for every ball on Centre Court. What an athlete…#Wimbledon There’s definitely a lot of motivation to get better and play at home,” the 40-year-old American said. “Today I gave all I could do … Maybe tomorrow I could have gave more. “I am just playing for right now.

Serena Williams has been knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round, suffering a dramatic three-set loss to Harmony Tan.

This time last year, she quit her Wimbledon first round match in tears after suffering an injury that has kept her out of action for the best part of 12 months. Tan went up 8-6 then soon it was 8-7, before a Williams unforced error gave her rival match point. What On Earth.— Carole Bouchard 💜💛 (@carole_bouchard) June 28, 2022 Tan won three games straight in the third set but Williams pulled out what was described on social media as the “drop shot of her life” to take a 5-4 lead and be on the verge of an astonishing victory. Serena Williams has been knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round, suffering a dramatic three-set loss to Harmony Tan. Serena Williams has been knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round by a rank outsider who hadn’t played on grass before this year.

Kim Clijsters says Serena Williams will find it hard to balance family and tennis, as the American considers extending her comeback after losing at ...

"Playing matches is the only way where you serve under pressure. So that needs to needs to happen. Wimbledon

Even after a year-long absence from tennis, Serena Williams hasn't forgotten how to entertain.

Ahead of Wimbledon, Williams reflected on how tennis is no longer her sole focus in life. "That wasn't surprising for me because I knew I was doing that well. "The US Open -- that being the first place I've won a grand slam -- is something that's always super special," Williams added. But I'm moving well, I'm getting a lot of balls back. I definitely had to try to find my rhythm out there. Tuesday's match was a clear contrast in styles.

Serena Williams returns to action at Wimbledon this year, following on from her appearance in the women's doubles at Eastbourne last week.

We know this in any sport, but especially in tennis, you have to be so focused and insular, you have to shut everything else out. "She is also a mum, and they are all distractions. The club broke the tradition, allowing players to go and break that court in so it’s not as greasy on the first day. "I don’t think she has played a lot. She has had the opportunity to go out onto Centre Court and test - which is something new. Once the lining swells, mucus cannot drain from your nose and throat correctly.

Serena Williams is ending a year-long Grand Slam hiatus on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2022. Why has the tennis superstar been seen wearing face tape?

She's tied with Steffi Graf for the second-most Wimbledon singles titles in her career, trailing record-holder Martina Navritilova, who has nine. Wimbledon and the French Open, it's not easy." The last time Williams won Wimbledon was in 2016, when she defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber in straight sets in the final. The Sporting News explains why. The pair were unable to compete in the final four because Jabeur had a knee injury but Williams had proved a huge hit in her first matches since tearing her hamstring at Wimbledon 2021. Eight-time singles champion Williams has been seeded and will be the star draw in the women's singles on the second day of the tournament, entering as a wild card with a WTA world ranking of 411 before the start of play.

Serena Williams lost a three-set heartbreaker to Harmony Tan in her first match in a year as the 40-year-old recovered from a torn hamstring suffered at the ...

I see how I feel and go from there,” she said. “I am just playing for right now. But it was another ailment that had fans curious on social media.

Forty-year-old Williams was seen sporting black 'stickers' on her face at Wimbledon on Tuesday, which had many questioning if they were symbolic or a ploy ...

Sinusitis is swelling of the sinuses, usually caused by the cold or flu spreading to the sinuses from the upper airways. KT Tape, the company that makes the tape, has previously warned against athletes wearing it on their face because it has never been tested in this way. The sinuses are small, empty spaces behind your cheekbones and forehead that connect to the inside of the nose. They make thin mucus that drains out of the channels of the nose, keeping it clean and free of bacteria. The sinuses are small, empty spaces behind your cheekbones and forehead that connect to the inside of the nose. KT Tape, the company that makes the tape, has previously warned against athletes wearing it on their face because it has never been tested in this way.

A tennis great has shared her "gut feeling" that Serena Williams is done with Wimbledon following a tough l...

That's all I could do on this particular day." "Your first time is always special. "At some point you have to be okay with that, and I'm okay, that's all I could do. The roof was closed, so it felt even more intense. "After leaving Wimbledon the way she did last year with the injury, I think that's not how she wants to leave Wimbledon. She would have loved to have won a match here today. In the wake of her loss to unseeded French player Harmony Tan, the 23-time Grand Slam winner said she "can't answer" whether she would return in years to come.

Harmony Tan pulled out of the Wimbledon doubles tournament on Wednesday, just hours after she had stunned Serena Williams, leaving her partner “sad, ...

Sorry but I’ve played 6:33h in one day and played a singles match next day.” She asked me before the tournament if we wanna play doubles and I said yes. She can’t run cause she played a 3 hour match yesterday.