2 min learnUp to date: Jun 9, 2026 11:22 PM IST
Iconic tennis participant Serena Williams made her comeback to the game on Tuesday when she teamed up with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko to tackle the third-seeded duo Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe at Queen’s Membership. This was Serena’s first skilled match in practically 4 years after the American final week introduced her return to doubles. She stated at a information convention on Sunday that she has but to resolve whether or not to make a comeback in singles as effectively.
Williams instantly acquired the loudest ovation of the day on the Andy Murray Enviornment, even from a crowd that had earlier watched British gamers Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter safe wins within the singles event on the HSBC Championships. It’s Williams’ first look at Queen’s Membership, which is nestled amongst residential blocks close to Hammersmith in west London. The membership, which held its first championships in 1881, didn’t stage a girls’s event for greater than 50 years earlier than the WTA tour returned to the venue in 2025.
The lads’s event, which begins subsequent week, has lengthy been one of many most important grass-court warmup occasions for Wimbledon and counts Carlos Alcaraz, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker and John McEnroe amongst its former winners.
Serena Williams. On a tennis court docket. In 2026.
Some issues by no means get outdated 🥹 #HSBCChampionships pic.twitter.com/WoKWIXorCH
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 9, 2026
Regardless of the lead to Tuesday’s match, Williams’ return is about to final a minimum of yet another week as she can even compete in doubles on the Berlin Open in Germany.
She has but to say whether or not she goals to play at Wimbledon, which begins June 29.
The return of the QUEEN 🤩 @serenawilliams#hsbcchampionships pic.twitter.com/wwUFdbzlbs
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 9, 2026
Williams had not competed since bidding farewell on the 2022 U.S. Open. On the time, she stated she didn’t need to use the phrase “retiring” and as a substitute declared that she was “evolving” away from tennis.
Williams received 23 Grand Slam singles titles, together with seven at Wimbledon, earlier than stepping away from the sport. She additionally added 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, together with six at Wimbledon – all along with her older sister Venus Williams.