Wimbledon Draw: Serena Williams to Learn Her First-Round Opponent in a Comeback at Age 44
The seven-time Wimbledon champion accepted a wild card and will play doubles with Venus Williams in her comeback to singles competition.
- On Friday, the Wimbledon draw takes place as seven-time champion Serena Williams returns to singles action for the first time in four years, accepting the final wildcard spot.
- Williams last played a singles match at the 2022 U.S. Open, losing to Ajla Tomljanovic, and most recently appeared at the All England Club in 2022 against Harmony Tan.
- Beyond singles, Williams will compete in doubles with her older sister Venus, who turned 46 last week; she previously declared she was "evolving" away from tennis.
- Defending singles champions Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek enter as favorites when the tournament begins Monday, while two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz misses the event due to a wrist injury.
- Speculation surrounds the draw to see whom Williams faces in her first match, as the 44-year-old wildcard joins a competitive women's draw led by top seed Aryna Sabalenka.
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Serena Williams set for Wimbledon comeback at 44 as first-round draw awaits
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 mat…

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