Serena Williams has added a second match to her schedule as she makes a comeback to skilled tennis.
It was announced on Monday that Williams, who stepped away from tennis following the 2022 US Open, would participate within the doubles on the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Membership subsequent week.
Experiences that the 23-time grand slam singles champion will accomplice with Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko have since been confirmed.
And Williams’ plans for the week after Queen’s are actually recognized, with the 44-year-old set to move to Germany for the Berlin Tennis Open, the place she’s going to once more contest the doubles.
In an announcement on the tournament’s website, Williams stated: “Each match I add to my schedule proper now feels particular, and Berlin is not any exception. I’m excited to compete in entrance of the German followers and proceed constructing momentum all through the grass-court season.”
Affirmation of Williams enjoying in Berlin will solely enhance discuss of her competing at Wimbledon, the place she is a seven-time singles champion. She has additionally received six girls’s doubles titles and one combined doubles title on the All England Membership.
Wild playing cards for Wimbledon can be introduced the week commencing June 15.
