Serena Williams’ return to tennis got off to a poor start. The 40-year-old was eliminated from 2022 Wimbledon on Tuesday, losing in three sets to unseeded Harmony Tan.

Williams hasn’t played tennis since she suffered a leg injury at last year’s Wimbledon, and the rust was obvious. She was slower to the ball than usual and missed the type of shots that were automatic for her in the past. But despite this, the American was still quite close to making it to the second round.

After a 5-7 loss in the first set, Williams handled Tan in only seven games in the second. The third set saw Williams serving for the match while having a 5-4 lead. She only needed two more points to take care of business, but it wasn’t meant to be.

Tan bounced back to tie the third set at 5-5 and later secured the win in a 10-7 tiebreak. She is now set to play no. 32-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo for a chance to advance to the third round and secure her best-ever result at Grand Slam tournaments.

“Today I gave all I could do, you know, today,” said Williams after the match. “Maybe tomorrow I could have gave more. Maybe a week ago I could have gave more. But today was what I could do. At some point you have to be able to be okay with that. And that’s all I can do.”

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Serena Williams will play at the 2022 Wimbledon as a wild-card entry. Williams received an invite to compete at the tournament alongside five other players who didn’t automatically qualify.

Williams hasn’t played tennis since suffering a leg injury in the first round of 2021 Wimbledon. As a result, she slipped on the WTA rankings and is currently ranked No. 1223 player in the world.

The 40-year-old American has won Wimbledon seven times in the past, with her latest triumph coming in 2016. She made the finals twice at All England Club after that, in 2018 and 2019, but lost to Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep, respectively.

Since her last Wimbledon win, Williams only managed to win one Grand Slam, being triumphant at the 2017 Australian Open. After that, she made four Grand Slam finals but lost in all four. These losses were particularly heartbreaking for Williams as she is just one major title away from tying Margaret Court’s career record of 24.

 The 2022 Wimbledon is set to take place from 27 June to 10 July. Novak Djokovic is the defending champion in men’s singles, while Ash Barty won’t defend her women’s singles title from 2021. Barty announced her retirement from tennis earlier this year, leaving reigning French Open winner and world’s No. 1 Iga Swiatek as the biggest favorite.

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Twenty-three-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton could soon own a piece of Premier League powerhouse Chelsea. According to ESPN, Williams and Hamilton joined a group of investors led by British businessman Martin Broughton.

The two world-class athletes have been in discussions to back Broughton’s bid for several weeks now. Reportedly, both Williams and Hamilton agreed to contribute £10 million each.

Broughton’s bid, one of three shortlisted by U.S. bank Raine Group, already has numerous high-profile investors. Broughton himself was once a chairman for another Premier League club Liverpool. In addition, he is backed by the Philadelphia 76ers’ majority owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, and “many other wealthy investors.”

Raine Group opened the bidding for Chelsea last month and considered many bids before shortlisting four that had the most potential earlier in April. Since then, the Ricketts family, who own the Chicago Cubs, decided to withdraw their bid after facing backlash from Chelsea fans.

The two remaining bids that will go against Broughton’s group are both led by American investors. One is fronted by the Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly while the other has Steve Pagliuca, the co-owner of the Boston Celtics, as its most prominent figure.

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Former WTA world number one Serena Williams has announced that she will not be participating in the US Open. Her decision to withdraw from the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar comes after Williams suffered a torn hamstring.

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In addition to Williams’ announcement on social media, her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, also broadcast his thoughts on the matter, explaining, “We’ve done everything we could. It is heartbreaking, but this is the only possible decision.”

To date, Williams has won six womens’ singles championships at the US Open, with her most recent victory coming in 2014. In total, Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles in her career; just one short of the all-time record currently held by Margaret Court.

Williams, who turns 40 next month, is the latest of an array of stars who will not be featuring at Flushing Meadows this year. The list includes Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Dominic Thiem.

Up until this point in the season, Williams made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open, the fourth round of the French Open, and was unable to progress from her opening game of Wimbledon due to injury—her second-ever mid-match withdrawal in her career.

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While this year’s Australian Open offering some surprises, the favorites have mainly held their own so far. This includes Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, who both booked the ticket for the semi-finals on Tuesday.

Williams saw some challenges from the No. 2-ranked Simona Halep but still managed to finish the job in straight sets and get a 6-3, 6-3 win.

The 39-year-old American won the first set easily, being in front every step of the way. Halep responded well in the second, starting with a 3-1 lead where it seemed like Williams had her work cut out for her.

Still, Williams managed to turn things around and won five straight sets to stay in the tournament.

“I think this was the best match I have played at this tournament for sure,” said Williams after the match. “I knew it had to be going up against the No. 2 in the world. I had to be better, and I was, so I’m excited.”

Williams will play Naomi Osaka on Thursday for a place in the finals.

Djokovic, on the other hand, scored a win against the No. 6-ranked Alexander Zverev.

Despite losing the first set in the tiebreaker, the Serbian kept his composure and went on to produce a dominant performance in the next two sets and get ahead with 6-2 and 6-4 wins.

Zverev came close to taking the match to five sets but couldn’t capitalize on a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Djokovic found a way back and took the set in the tiebreaker, where he came out on the winning end.

Djokovic is now set to play this year’s sensation Aslan Karatsev in the semi-final bout.

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Serena Williams will have to hold off her pursuit of Margaret Court’s Grand Slam titles record after being forced to withdraw from the 2020 French Open.

Williams was set to have a second-round match against Tsvetana Pironkova on Wednesday morning, but experienced issues with her Achilles during the warmups. After brief consideration, the 39-year-old champion decided she can’t proceed and dropped out.

Williams initially injured her Achilles during her semi-finals loss to Victoria Azarenka at this year’s US Open. The current No.9 tennis player in the world hoped she would have enough time to heal before Roland Garros, but the strain turned out to be more serious than it was originally thought.

“I think I need four to six weeks of sitting and doing nothing, at least two weeks of just sitting down,” said Williams at a press conference following her withdrawal.

There is a good chance that this was the last tournament appearance for Serena Williams in 2020. When asked about her plans for the rest of the year, Williams said that its “more than likely” that she won’t make more appearances.

This is the second time for Williams to pull out of the French Open, as she withdrew from a fourth-round match against Maria Sharapova in 2018 due to a muscle injury. She has three Roland Garros titles, with the last one being in 2015.

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Serena Williams’ bid to win a record 24th Grand Slam at the US Open 2020 has come to an end. Williams was eliminated from the tournament on Thursday night in the semi-finals match against No.18-ranked Victoria Azarenko.

Williams won the first set with a blowout 1-6, and it seemed like the 38-year-old star is poised to make her third consecutive finals appearance. However, Azarenko rallied back and won the next two sets 6-3, 6-3 to secure a shot for her first US Open title.

“It’s obviously disappointing,” said Wiliams after the match. “At the same time, I did what I could. I feel like other times I’ve been close, and I could have done better. I felt like I gave a lot.”

After the defeat, Williams now turns her attention to French Open, where she last won in 2015. This year’s edition of the tournament is set to start on September 21st.

Azarenko, on the other hand, will meet Naomi Osaka in the Finals of the US Open and look to win her third career Grand Slam and first since 2013’s Australian Open. The 31-year-old Belarusian played the US Open finals twice before, last time in 2013, and lost both times to Williams.

“I think seven years ago, after I won the Australian Open and stuff, and playing kind of consistently with good results, it was kind of expected for me to be in the final. I don’t think that was the case this year,” said Azarenko. “But it feels more fun this year, more fulfilling, more pleasant for me. It feels nice, nicer.”

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While the odds were stacked firmly against her, Canadian 15th seed Bianca Andreescu shocked the crowd at Flushing Meadows by defeating former number one Serena Williams to win the US Open.

Clearly the favorite going into the final, Williams played outstanding tennis en route to the final, dropping just one set before her showdown with Andreescu. This included sweeping aside Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-1 in the first round, and defeating 5th seed Svitolina 6-3 6-1 in the semi finals.

Upon meeting the Canadian underdog in the final, luck seemed to finally run out for the former US Open champion. Having conceded a surprising eight double faults, Williams allowed Andreescu the opportunity to take the first set 6-3. As a result of her unwavering focus, Andreescu managed to contain Williams in the second set until the scoreline was 5-5, at which point the Canadian broke Williams’ momentum to take the set 7-5, resulting in her winning the match as well as the championship.

While relatively new to the WTA circuit, the 19-year-old has proven her ability to date, winning 38 of her 42 matches so far in 2019. Currently ranked 15th in the WTA world rankings, Andreescu has enjoyed her fair share of silverware this season, with wins in both Toronto and Indian Wells prior to her maiden Grand Slam triumph.

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Former WTA world number one Serena Williams suffered a minor injury setback during her fourth-round US Open clash with Croatian Petra Martic. The injury came after Williams rolled her right ankle during the fifth game of the second set, however, the former US Open Champion pushed through the pain to secure a 6-3 6-4 victory.

While the extent of the injury has not been confirmed, Williams seems confident that it will not impact her performance too much as she proceeds to her quarterfinal matchup with 18th seed Wang Qiang.

Williams said of her injury: “I usually know if it’s horrible early on. I mean, I had a really bad ankle sprain in January. I was like, instantly, ‘No, this can’t happen. I’m finally healthy,’ But I’ll see tomorrow. So far I’m good. I have been managing it. We’ll see tomorrow.”

While Williams’ career was put on hold due since the birth of her daughter in 2017, she has slowly but steadily staged her return to the WTA Tennis scene and is now ranked 8th in the singles’ rankings. So far this tournament, Williams has only dropped one set throughout her four previous matches.

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The draw for 2019 US Open is in and it brings us an epic match in the first round already. This year’s women’s singles will kick off with an epic matchup between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.

The match will be the first time that Williams and Sharapova play against each other on the US Open and their first clash overall since 2016. They were scheduled to meet in 2018 French Open, but Williams decided not to take part in the tournament.

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova first faced each other in 2004 at the Sony Ericsson Open, with Williams winning the match in two sets. Sharapova won their next two meetings, including Wimbledon finale to claim her first career Grand Slam.

The Wimbledon win was also Sharapova’s last victory in this matchup, as Williams won their next 18 meetings.

The first round of 2019 US Open will also see the defending champion Naomi Osaka take on No.87 ranked Anna Blinkova, while Johanna Konta, currently No.1 ranked female tennis player in the world, will face No.40 Daria Kasatkina.

In the men’s singles, reigning champion Novak Djokovic will face Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena. No.2 seeded Rafael Nadal is set up against Australian John Millman.

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Serena Williams’ return to tennis got off to a poor start. The 40-year-old was eliminated from 2022 Wimbledon on Tuesday, losing in three sets to unseeded Harmony Tan.

Williams hasn’t played tennis since she suffered a leg injury at last year’s Wimbledon, and the rust was obvious. She was slower to the ball than usual and missed the type of shots that were automatic for her in the past. But despite this, the American was still quite close to making it to the second round.

After a 5-7 loss in the first set, Williams handled Tan in only seven games in the second. The third set saw Williams serving for the match while having a 5-4 lead. She only needed two more points to take care of business, but it wasn’t meant to be.

Tan bounced back to tie the third set at 5-5 and later secured the win in a 10-7 tiebreak. She is now set to play no. 32-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo for a chance to advance to the third round and secure her best-ever result at Grand Slam tournaments.

“Today I gave all I could do, you know, today,” said Williams after the match. “Maybe tomorrow I could have gave more. Maybe a week ago I could have gave more. But today was what I could do. At some point you have to be able to be okay with that. And that’s all I can do.”

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Serena Williams will play at the 2022 Wimbledon as a wild-card entry. Williams received an invite to compete at the tournament alongside five other players who didn’t automatically qualify.

Williams hasn’t played tennis since suffering a leg injury in the first round of 2021 Wimbledon. As a result, she slipped on the WTA rankings and is currently ranked No. 1223 player in the world.

The 40-year-old American has won Wimbledon seven times in the past, with her latest triumph coming in 2016. She made the finals twice at All England Club after that, in 2018 and 2019, but lost to Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep, respectively.

Since her last Wimbledon win, Williams only managed to win one Grand Slam, being triumphant at the 2017 Australian Open. After that, she made four Grand Slam finals but lost in all four. These losses were particularly heartbreaking for Williams as she is just one major title away from tying Margaret Court’s career record of 24.

 The 2022 Wimbledon is set to take place from 27 June to 10 July. Novak Djokovic is the defending champion in men’s singles, while Ash Barty won’t defend her women’s singles title from 2021. Barty announced her retirement from tennis earlier this year, leaving reigning French Open winner and world’s No. 1 Iga Swiatek as the biggest favorite.

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Twenty-three-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton could soon own a piece of Premier League powerhouse Chelsea. According to ESPN, Williams and Hamilton joined a group of investors led by British businessman Martin Broughton.

The two world-class athletes have been in discussions to back Broughton’s bid for several weeks now. Reportedly, both Williams and Hamilton agreed to contribute £10 million each.

Broughton’s bid, one of three shortlisted by U.S. bank Raine Group, already has numerous high-profile investors. Broughton himself was once a chairman for another Premier League club Liverpool. In addition, he is backed by the Philadelphia 76ers’ majority owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, and “many other wealthy investors.”

Raine Group opened the bidding for Chelsea last month and considered many bids before shortlisting four that had the most potential earlier in April. Since then, the Ricketts family, who own the Chicago Cubs, decided to withdraw their bid after facing backlash from Chelsea fans.

The two remaining bids that will go against Broughton’s group are both led by American investors. One is fronted by the Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly while the other has Steve Pagliuca, the co-owner of the Boston Celtics, as its most prominent figure.

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Former WTA world number one Serena Williams has announced that she will not be participating in the US Open. Her decision to withdraw from the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar comes after Williams suffered a torn hamstring.

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In addition to Williams’ announcement on social media, her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, also broadcast his thoughts on the matter, explaining, “We’ve done everything we could. It is heartbreaking, but this is the only possible decision.”

To date, Williams has won six womens’ singles championships at the US Open, with her most recent victory coming in 2014. In total, Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles in her career; just one short of the all-time record currently held by Margaret Court.

Williams, who turns 40 next month, is the latest of an array of stars who will not be featuring at Flushing Meadows this year. The list includes Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Dominic Thiem.

Up until this point in the season, Williams made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open, the fourth round of the French Open, and was unable to progress from her opening game of Wimbledon due to injury—her second-ever mid-match withdrawal in her career.

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While this year’s Australian Open offering some surprises, the favorites have mainly held their own so far. This includes Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, who both booked the ticket for the semi-finals on Tuesday.

Williams saw some challenges from the No. 2-ranked Simona Halep but still managed to finish the job in straight sets and get a 6-3, 6-3 win.

The 39-year-old American won the first set easily, being in front every step of the way. Halep responded well in the second, starting with a 3-1 lead where it seemed like Williams had her work cut out for her.

Still, Williams managed to turn things around and won five straight sets to stay in the tournament.

“I think this was the best match I have played at this tournament for sure,” said Williams after the match. “I knew it had to be going up against the No. 2 in the world. I had to be better, and I was, so I’m excited.”

Williams will play Naomi Osaka on Thursday for a place in the finals.

Djokovic, on the other hand, scored a win against the No. 6-ranked Alexander Zverev.

Despite losing the first set in the tiebreaker, the Serbian kept his composure and went on to produce a dominant performance in the next two sets and get ahead with 6-2 and 6-4 wins.

Zverev came close to taking the match to five sets but couldn’t capitalize on a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Djokovic found a way back and took the set in the tiebreaker, where he came out on the winning end.

Djokovic is now set to play this year’s sensation Aslan Karatsev in the semi-final bout.

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Serena Williams will have to hold off her pursuit of Margaret Court’s Grand Slam titles record after being forced to withdraw from the 2020 French Open.

Williams was set to have a second-round match against Tsvetana Pironkova on Wednesday morning, but experienced issues with her Achilles during the warmups. After brief consideration, the 39-year-old champion decided she can’t proceed and dropped out.

Williams initially injured her Achilles during her semi-finals loss to Victoria Azarenka at this year’s US Open. The current No.9 tennis player in the world hoped she would have enough time to heal before Roland Garros, but the strain turned out to be more serious than it was originally thought.

“I think I need four to six weeks of sitting and doing nothing, at least two weeks of just sitting down,” said Williams at a press conference following her withdrawal.

There is a good chance that this was the last tournament appearance for Serena Williams in 2020. When asked about her plans for the rest of the year, Williams said that its “more than likely” that she won’t make more appearances.

This is the second time for Williams to pull out of the French Open, as she withdrew from a fourth-round match against Maria Sharapova in 2018 due to a muscle injury. She has three Roland Garros titles, with the last one being in 2015.

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Serena Williams’ bid to win a record 24th Grand Slam at the US Open 2020 has come to an end. Williams was eliminated from the tournament on Thursday night in the semi-finals match against No.18-ranked Victoria Azarenko.

Williams won the first set with a blowout 1-6, and it seemed like the 38-year-old star is poised to make her third consecutive finals appearance. However, Azarenko rallied back and won the next two sets 6-3, 6-3 to secure a shot for her first US Open title.

“It’s obviously disappointing,” said Wiliams after the match. “At the same time, I did what I could. I feel like other times I’ve been close, and I could have done better. I felt like I gave a lot.”

After the defeat, Williams now turns her attention to French Open, where she last won in 2015. This year’s edition of the tournament is set to start on September 21st.

Azarenko, on the other hand, will meet Naomi Osaka in the Finals of the US Open and look to win her third career Grand Slam and first since 2013’s Australian Open. The 31-year-old Belarusian played the US Open finals twice before, last time in 2013, and lost both times to Williams.

“I think seven years ago, after I won the Australian Open and stuff, and playing kind of consistently with good results, it was kind of expected for me to be in the final. I don’t think that was the case this year,” said Azarenko. “But it feels more fun this year, more fulfilling, more pleasant for me. It feels nice, nicer.”

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While the odds were stacked firmly against her, Canadian 15th seed Bianca Andreescu shocked the crowd at Flushing Meadows by defeating former number one Serena Williams to win the US Open.

Clearly the favorite going into the final, Williams played outstanding tennis en route to the final, dropping just one set before her showdown with Andreescu. This included sweeping aside Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-1 in the first round, and defeating 5th seed Svitolina 6-3 6-1 in the semi finals.

Upon meeting the Canadian underdog in the final, luck seemed to finally run out for the former US Open champion. Having conceded a surprising eight double faults, Williams allowed Andreescu the opportunity to take the first set 6-3. As a result of her unwavering focus, Andreescu managed to contain Williams in the second set until the scoreline was 5-5, at which point the Canadian broke Williams’ momentum to take the set 7-5, resulting in her winning the match as well as the championship.

While relatively new to the WTA circuit, the 19-year-old has proven her ability to date, winning 38 of her 42 matches so far in 2019. Currently ranked 15th in the WTA world rankings, Andreescu has enjoyed her fair share of silverware this season, with wins in both Toronto and Indian Wells prior to her maiden Grand Slam triumph.

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Former WTA world number one Serena Williams suffered a minor injury setback during her fourth-round US Open clash with Croatian Petra Martic. The injury came after Williams rolled her right ankle during the fifth game of the second set, however, the former US Open Champion pushed through the pain to secure a 6-3 6-4 victory.

While the extent of the injury has not been confirmed, Williams seems confident that it will not impact her performance too much as she proceeds to her quarterfinal matchup with 18th seed Wang Qiang.

Williams said of her injury: “I usually know if it’s horrible early on. I mean, I had a really bad ankle sprain in January. I was like, instantly, ‘No, this can’t happen. I’m finally healthy,’ But I’ll see tomorrow. So far I’m good. I have been managing it. We’ll see tomorrow.”

While Williams’ career was put on hold due since the birth of her daughter in 2017, she has slowly but steadily staged her return to the WTA Tennis scene and is now ranked 8th in the singles’ rankings. So far this tournament, Williams has only dropped one set throughout her four previous matches.

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The draw for 2019 US Open is in and it brings us an epic match in the first round already. This year’s women’s singles will kick off with an epic matchup between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.

The match will be the first time that Williams and Sharapova play against each other on the US Open and their first clash overall since 2016. They were scheduled to meet in 2018 French Open, but Williams decided not to take part in the tournament.

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova first faced each other in 2004 at the Sony Ericsson Open, with Williams winning the match in two sets. Sharapova won their next two meetings, including Wimbledon finale to claim her first career Grand Slam.

The Wimbledon win was also Sharapova’s last victory in this matchup, as Williams won their next 18 meetings.

The first round of 2019 US Open will also see the defending champion Naomi Osaka take on No.87 ranked Anna Blinkova, while Johanna Konta, currently No.1 ranked female tennis player in the world, will face No.40 Daria Kasatkina.

In the men’s singles, reigning champion Novak Djokovic will face Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena. No.2 seeded Rafael Nadal is set up against Australian John Millman.

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