Serena Williams is coming back. The 44-year-old announced this week she’ll compete in the HSBC Championships in London — her first professional tennis event in nearly four years.
Williams retired in 2022, stepping away from the sport after winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She has two children. Her return, if she follows through, would put her on a professional court for the first time since she called it a career at the 2022 U.S. Open.
She described it as a “next chapter.” What that chapter looks like in practice – how she competes against a field that has moved on without her, at 44, against players who weren’t on tour when she left — isn’t clear yet.
No ranking, no seeding details, and no draw information for her spot in the HSBC Championships field were immediately available from the announcement.
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