Serena Williams looks set to return to Wimbledon this year after an apparent slip-up from the tournament\u2019s social media team.<\/p>\n
A decade on from her last triumph at SW19, the 44-year-old may be back at the grass court Grand Slam in just a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n
The 23-time major winner made her long-awaited return to tennis this week when she played doubles alongside Victoria Mboko at Queen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n
That comeback was cut short on Thursday after Mboko<\/a> withdrew from the tournament due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n Serena<\/a> is set to continue her grass court schedule next week in Berlin, where the veteran is reportedly primed to play alongside Karolina Muchova.<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko knee injury \u2018devastating\u2019 \u2013 \u2018You just hope she\u2019s not out for Wimbledon\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Wimbledon: Kim Clijsters raises key question over Serena Williams\u2019 potential singles comeback at 44<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n While she herself hasn\u2019t spoken about whether or not she will compete at Wimbledon<\/a>, the tournament\u2019s social media team may have jumped the gun on that news.<\/p>\n Some eagle-eyed tennis fans took a screengrab of a now deleted Wimbledon Instagram comment, which has since spread over social media.<\/p>\n The post read, \u201cWishing @vickymboko a speedy recovery. See you at SW19 for The Championships, Serena.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n not surprising but this reply from Wimbledon all but confirms Serena\u2019s getting a WC pic.twitter.com\/v21hehjoo0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Christian\u2019s Court (@christianscourt) June 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This may have been on the cards after the chair of the All England Club (AELTC), Deborah Jevans, welcomed the idea of the seven-time Wimbledon champion returning to SW19.<\/p>\n She told BBC Sport<\/a>, \u201cOf course, I would be delighted and excited if that were to happen. It was fantastic seeing her hit balls over the net at Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have our wildcard committee coming up, but I am sure it will take into account her success in the championships when making that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n For the time being, Serena is working her way back into the sports with doubles.\u00a0However, players, pundits and fans alike are eager to see if she will play singles again.<\/p>\n The last time Serena played a competitive singles match was back at the 2022 US Open, where the American lost in the third round.<\/p>\n Whether she plays singles again this year remains to be seen.<\/p>\n WHAT NEXT? Mirra Andreeva replaces Aryna Sabalenka as No 1 as Maja Chwalinska up to 13th \u2013 WTA prize money leaders<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Wimbledon sparks Serena Williams wildcard frenzy with apparent slip-up<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Serena Williams looks set to return to Wimbledon this year after an apparent slip-up from the tournament\u2019s social media team. A decade on from her last triumph at SW19, the 44-year-old may be back at the grass court Grand Slam in just a matter of weeks. The 23-time major winner made her long-awaited return to […]<\/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-2319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319","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=2319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n
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