Serena Williams\u2019 sensational return to tennis is in full swing as she has arrived on the practice courts of Queen\u2019s ahead of her first match.<\/p>\n
Williams is set to play doubles alongside Victoria Mboko at the London event, marking her first professional tennis match since the 2022 US Open.<\/p>\n
The American icon has also been confirmed to play in Berlin ahead of Wimbledon, with many expecting the star to receive a wildcard to the grass court Grand Slam.<\/p>\n
However, after her first practice session at Queen\u2019s<\/a>, many fans have shared their concern for Williams\u2019<\/a> level ahead of her first match with Mboko<\/a>.<\/p>\n Williams hit the court at Queen\u2019s and the LTA uploaded the entire session to YouTube for fans to get a glimpse of the 23-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n Many fans were worried about what they saw, highlighting Williams\u2019 movement as a real cause for concern before her professional return.<\/p>\n How Serena and Venus Williams could stand in the way of Maja Chwalinska\u2019s Wimbledon dream<\/a><\/p>\n Serena Williams\u2019 former coach says what he expects her to do if she returns to tennis<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cShe has plenty of power in her strokes and serve, but the true test will come from how well she moves in actual competition,\u201d said one fan in the comments.<\/p>\n Another wrote: \u201cThe power is most definitely still there but Iam worried about the movement,\u201d while one said: \u201cThe backhand doesn\u2019t look good.\u201d<\/p>\n Others questioned whether she is ready for a singles run, with rumours abounding about the star entering the main draw at Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cShe should do well in doubles but will need to improve on movement for singles,\u201d said another in the comments.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t really see Serena move too much here,\u201d said one concerned fan. \u201cObviously her ability to get in and out of the corners effectively will be a huge factor in singles.\u201d<\/p>\n Another said: \u201cSerena\u2019s movement isn\u2019t very good but that doesn\u2019t matter for doubles,\u201d while one simply concluded: \u201cShe is definitely not ready.\u201d<\/p>\n Others outlined other key issues with Williams after watching the near-hour long practice session with Mboko and Grand Slam icon Rennae Stubbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m happy to see her back but it will be difficult for her to go across the court for hours in a match because her fitness is not where it was years ago. Her strength will be important as her speed is reduced,\u201d said one fan.<\/p>\n \u201cThis hitting session was not impressive to me,\u201d concluded another. \u201cShe looks low energy, slow, and not particularly sharp. Hardly moving her feet, hitting off her back leg most of the time. I would expect her to look sharp and ready to go for a comeback, but this did not look good in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n The Queen\u2019s doubles event is set to begin on June 8th, so fans will be able to see if there\u2019s concerns are valid upon the star\u2019s return.<\/p>\n The post Serena Williams causes real concern after first practice at Queen\u2019s<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Serena Williams\u2019 sensational return to tennis is in full swing as she has arrived on the practice courts of Queen\u2019s ahead of her first match. Williams is set to play doubles alongside Victoria Mboko at the London event, marking her first professional tennis match since the 2022 US Open. The American icon has also been […]<\/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-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291","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=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Serena Williams news<\/h2>\n