Is Serena serious about this return or is it just a ticket? Maybe Wimbledon will have the answer.
The "missing persons" are finally coming back! Serena Williams, the 23rd Grand Slam winner, announced on his personal social media that he will make a comeback at Wimbledon this year! The last time she appeared on the court was at Wimbledon a year ago, when she chose to retire due to injuries in the first round against Sassnovic, and has been absent since then, including two Grand Slams at the US Open and Australian Open.
Since Barty "invented" the announcement of retirement through dialogue, the tennis world seems to be popular to use this method to announce major decisions, such as the Australian Open men's singles runner-up Tsonga in 2008 a few days ago, which also informed the outside world of the retirement decision through talks. The same is true of Serena announcing her return to the game this time, in this video recorded with NFL star Alan Rogers, Serena Said: "We've been talking about my comeback, he's been urging me to get ready for Wimbledon, I can't wait!" ”
However, when asked about the next US Open, Serena responded: "Wimbledon before the US Open, let's finish the Wimbledon first!" It seems that whether or not to participate in the US Open depends on the comeback at Wimbledon, after all, there has been no competition for a whole year, and it is over forty years old, whether the body can withstand how intensive the intensity of the competition, but also need to really go to the field to test.
And the timing of Serena's announcement of his return is also very intriguing. Just the day before, her coach Moratogru had just announced that he would officially serve as the "full-time coach" of another former world first and two-time Grand Slam winner Halep, and he also said that this cooperation was approved by Serena Williams, so the outside world began to speculate: Is Serena Williams unable to return in the short term, or is it really necessary to end his career like this?
However, after only a day, Serena announced the heavy decision to return to Wimbledon. Although on the WTA's official website, Serena's coaching column still has Moratoglu's name written on it, indicating that the two have not officially parted ways, but from the latter's deliberate emphasis on cooperation with Halep as "full-time", it seems that he is not too likely to coach Serena at the same time, otherwise once the two meet at Wimbledon, does Moratoglu need to choose to avoid?
Interestingly, the last time Serena reached the final at Wimbledon was in 2019, it was in 2019 that haalep, so where will this "triangle relationship" go? Maybe there will be an answer soon. However, for Serena, Wimbledon is indeed the most ideal place to come back, after all, the grass is relatively friendly to the elderly players, plus Wimbledon is her most successful and at the same time makes her feel the most comfortable Grand Slam, if she can test the waters successfully here, she will have more confidence to persevere.
But how exactly do you define "testing the waters", as long as you win, you still have to play the second week, or you have to win the championship? This scale may only be clear to Serena himself. You know, although the retirement of defending champion Barty has made the competitive landscape of Wimbledon this year more open, it does not mean that Serena's chances are greater, after all, there has been no competition in a whole year, and it is difficult to predict whether the state can return to before the injury.
And in the past year, the performance of the top masters has become more and more stable, even without the strongest Barty in the grass, Serena wants to come back and get a piece of the pie, it seems that it is not so easy. In addition, unless Wimbledon changes the rules of seed ranking for Serena again, she can only compete as a non-seed, so it is likely to meet the big seeds in the first few rounds, which is also quite difficult for Serena.
So, is Serena's return serious or just a ticket? Maybe Wimbledon will have the answer.
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