Serena Williams has left the tennis world stunned by announcing her return to the sport, four years after she last played a professional match.<\/p>\n
The 23-time Grand Slam champion has been awarded a wildcard for the doubles draw at Queen\u2019s, where she will be paired with Canadian Victoria Mboko.<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 upcoming schedule has been speculate<\/a>, with many expecting the American great to make her long-awaited return to Wimbledon for the first time since 2022.<\/p>\n Speaking on TNT Sports coverage of Roland Garros, John McEnroe expressed his surprise at the news, as well as a potential reason Williams\u2019 return.<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko offers brilliant response to Serena Williams doubles rumours<\/a><\/p>\n Serena Williams return could be a \u2018lightning in a bottle\u2019 moment at Wimbledon, says Roddick<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m semi-shocked that she\u2019s decided to do this at her age after having two kids and what she\u2019s accomplished,\u201d he said alongside Johanna Konta<\/a> and Laura Robson<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI know she didn\u2019t win a major after she had her first kid and I know that is something she wanted to prove she could do, so I\u2019m assuming she was slightly disappointed in not doing that. Having said that, when\u2019s her last match? Like four or five years ago?<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a big ask even for Serena<\/a>, but it\u2019s awesome for tennis let\u2019s be real. She\u2019s the GOAT. One question, why isn\u2019t she playing with her sister? At any rate, she\u2019s not, so we\u2019ll talk about Victoria for a second.<\/p>\n \u201cYou look up to someone, you idolise someone, you think you\u2019re never going to have a chance to even be on the court with her, and the next thing you know you get a call.\u201d<\/p>\n Robson, who was behind the decision to bring Williams back as the tournament director of the WTA<\/a> side of Queen\u2019s<\/a>, was full of optimism about the return.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just so great to have such a big name involved in the grass court season,\u201d she said in response to McEnroe<\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s going to be on the doubles court with Vicky Mboko<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt almost doesn\u2019t matter how the results go because I\u2019m going to have a smile on my face seeing Serena back. I\u2019m very happy! She\u2019s been practicing for a good few months.<\/p>\n Konta, likewise, believes Williams return can be nothing but good for tennis and the grass court season.<\/p>\n \u201cIf nothing else, it is getting people talking about it,\u201d she explained. \u201cWhat an opportunity for people, for youngsters, even younger tennis players who are just starting out on Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve never seen her in real life. It\u2019s going to be an experience. I\u2019m a bit shocked. But why? Then why not?\u201d<\/p>\n The women\u2019s draw at Queen\u2019s is set to begin on June 8th, just two days after the women\u2019s Roland Garros<\/a> final. The likes of Elena Rybakina<\/a>, Jessica Pegula<\/a>, and Amanda Anisimova<\/a> are currently signed up for the event.<\/p>\n The post John McEnroe believes he knows the key reason behind Serena Williams\u2019 shock return to tennis<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Serena Williams has left the tennis world stunned by announcing her return to the sport, four years after she last played a professional match. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has been awarded a wildcard for the doubles draw at Queen\u2019s, where she will be paired with Canadian Victoria Mboko. Williams\u2019 upcoming schedule has been speculate, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Serena Williams news<\/h2>\n