Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have all shared their thoughts on Serena Williams\u2019 sensational singles comeback at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Williams has not played a singles match since the 2022 US Open, when she made what, at the time, seemed to be her farewell from tennis.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Williams<\/a>\u00a0made her return to the sport at the Queen\u2019s Club Championships, where she partnered Victoria Mboko in doubles.<\/p>\n The pair won their first round match, but Mboko was forced to withdraw before the second round due to injury.<\/p>\n Williams then played doubles at the Berlin Open, where she and Karolina Muchova lost in the opening round.<\/p>\n The 44-year-old American has received a main draw wildcard for the women\u2019s singles event at Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, who has won Wimbledon seven times, will face world No 53 Maya Joint in the first round.<\/p>\n Exclusive: \u2018Serena Williams can do damage and beat anybody at Wimbledon\u2019, warns her legendary ex-coach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What rival coaches have been saying about Serena Williams\u2019 Wimbledon chances<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is what Djokovic, Sabalenka and Gauff said about Williams\u2019 Wimbledon return.<\/p>\n Djokovic: \u201c<\/strong>First and foremost, what she\u2019s doing is inspirational and it\u2019s epic. That\u2019s what I told her. I always admired her career, her journey, her story. Of course, Venus\u2019, as well. For her to come back after years of being absent from the tour, two children later, and to give so much effort to, not just for her own satisfaction or coming back on the tour, but also to give all of us a pleasure of seeing her back on the court \u2013 in singles as well as doubles \u2013 is remarkable.<\/p>\n \u201cI told her that whatever happens, what she\u2019s doing is truly inspirational for me personally, I\u2019m sure for millions around the world. I see her in the gym more than I have, I think, seen her when she was at her prime. It tells me that she really wants this to work out the best way possible. It\u2019s admirable, honestly, the effort she\u2019s putting in.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, all eyes are on her, her comeback. I just hope that she will enjoy because she really deserves. She created something historical, legendary in her career. She deserves every applause she\u2019s going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n Sabalenka: \u201c<\/strong>I don\u2019t know how far [Williams can go]. I\u2019m super excited to see her play. That\u2019s incredible. I heard she said she\u2019s doing that for her kids to see her play. They really get excited about that. It\u2019s amazing what she\u2019s doing. Also it\u2019s Serena Williams, everyone was talking about that. She\u2019s bringing more eyes on tennis. It\u2019s a good thing for tennis. I\u2019m really excited to see her play.\u201d Gauff:<\/strong> \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen Serena play in many years, so there\u2019s not really much a scouting report you can go off of. I definitely think she (Joint) has to go in it believing she can win. Yeah, obviously, I don\u2019t know, we haven\u2019t seen her play. I don\u2019t know how the match is going to be. Anyone playing a Williams sister, I don\u2019t know what court they\u2019re going to be on, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be Centre or Court 1, it\u2019s not going to be easy.<\/p>\n \u201cI played the sport because of them [Serena and Venus Williams], believed that I could do things because of them. I look up to them a lot. Even when I played them, I\u2019m still admiring. I think that\u2019s the only time that\u2019s happened to me in this sport.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Emma Raducanu cuts practice short & postpones press conference as Wimbledon withdrawal fears grow<\/a> The post Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka & Coco Gauff speak out on Serena Williams\u2019 Wimbledon comeback<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have all shared their thoughts on Serena Williams\u2019 sensational singles comeback at Wimbledon. Williams has not played a singles match since the 2022 US Open, when she made what, at the time, seemed to be her farewell from tennis. Earlier this month, Williams\u00a0made her return to the sport […]<\/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-2401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401","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=2401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n
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