Serena Williams will return to Wimbledon singles as 44-year-old legend chases Grand Slam record

Serena Williams amazed the tennis satellite connected Sunday, arsenic the 44-year-old tennis fable volition marque her instrumentality to Wimbledon aft accepting a wildcard.

Williams received the last women’s singles slot, which had a spread pursuing a erstwhile announcement connected Tuesday.

She had already gotten a chaotic paper to vie with her sister, Venus Williams, successful Wimbledon’s doubles competition. However, she noted she would see a singles instrumentality earlier this month.

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Serena Williams reacts aft a constituent against Danka Kovinic connected time 1 of the 2022 U.S. Open astatine the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center successful Flushing, N.Y., connected Aug. 29, 2022. (Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports)

"You deliberation I’m acceptable for singles? I request to get to work," Serena said astatine SW19, per Yahoo Sports.

Serena has won women’s singles astatine Wimbledon 7 times crossed her illustrious career, but determination is inactive thing she tin chase: Margaret Court’s 24 Grand Slam victories. Serena sits astatine 23 for her career.

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It was 2019 the past clip Serena won a women’s singles match, and it came astatine Wimbledon against Simona Halep from Romania. She’s lone played conscionable 2 doubles matches since returning to contention aft being retired of the crippled for 4 years.

Serena’s vocation accolades goes connected longer than a CVS receipt, winning each Grand Slam – Australian Open, French Open and the U.S. Open included - astatine slightest 3 times. And alongside her sister, Serena has accomplished the vocation "Golden Slam" successful singles and doubles.

Serena Williams arrives connected the reddish carpet on the Seine River earlier the opening ceremonial of the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games connected July 26, 2024. (James Lang/USA TODAY Sports)

She’s the astir recognizable pistillate subordinate successful the athletics today, and fans from astir the globe volition surely beryllium tuned successful to spot however acold she tin spell successful this year’s tournament.

At Wimbledon successful 2022, Serena said she didn’t cognize if it would beryllium her past quality astatine the tournament.

"Who knows wherever I’ll popular up?" Serena, who besides had a chaotic paper for this Wimbledon, said astatine the time.

Serena Williams of the United States gestures to the assemblage aft a lucifer against Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia connected time 5 of the 2022 U.S. Open astatine the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center successful Flushing, N.Y., connected Sept. 2, 2022. (Danielle Parhizkaran/USA TODAY Sports)

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She has ever loved playing connected grass, winning 107 of her 123 singles matches connected the surface, which bodes good for her return.

Serena volition find retired who she faces successful the archetypal circular this Friday, portion the tourney begins June 29.

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