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Serena Williams will go out to the center court under a closed retractable roof on Friday afternoon to allow players to practice there before the tournament beginsShe says Wimbledon I took advantage of the new policy. Next week.
Williams is a partner jar, accompanied by coach Eric Hectman, who worked with her sister'sVenus and replaced her longtimecoach Patrick Moratglow with Simona Halep. I returned to Mia Jenkins. Her last official single site matches everywhere at the All England Club almost a year ago. It ended in less than a set when Williams slipped on a smooth turf and injured her right leg.
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File-Serena Williams hits Simona Halep in Romania in the women's singles final on the 12th day of Wimbledon tennis return. Championship in London on Saturday, July 13, 2019.(AP Photo / Tim Ireland, File)
Williams, wearing a white outfit and visor, has No. 1 rank Iga Swiatek at the main stadium. Entering, from ground strokes to volleys, overhead, and her best serve, I was trained for about 45 minutes. There was no way to know how fast the serve was being compressed because the courtside "mph" monitor was turned off, but the echoes produced by her intense shots were in the arena's thousands. It echoed from the empty green seats and the white cover overhead. It rained outside. In the
draw, the scene was played hours after Williams decided to starther Wimbledon comeback. Harmony Tan, a 24-year-old from France, is in 113th place and has a 2-6 career record in a Grand Slam match.
Williams, who was number one in the 319-week ranking due to inactivity in the last 12 months, is outside the WTA's top 1,200 and is a field. She just returned to the tour this week after playing two doubles matches at an England tune-up event.
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Serena Williams precedes the 2022 Wimbledon Championship at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquette Club in London on Friday, June 24, 2022. Practice on the center court. (Adam Davy / PA via AP)
40-year-old Americans deserve seeds, but the All England Club adheres to the rankings For seeds that are.
Williams won the seven Wimbledon Championships. This is part of her total of 23 Grand Slam singles titles and is her professional record. Meanwhile, Tan will make his debut in a glass court tournament.
If Williams passes Tan, she could be the next match against Sara Sorribes Tormo. Sara Sorribes Tormo is seeded in 32nd place, but has never passed the third round in the last 19 major appearances.
In the third round, Williams may face more rigorous testing. She was second only to Ashleigh Barty at Wimbledon last year and defeated Williams in the semi-finals of the sixth-seeded Karolina Pliskova, who reached the final of the 2016 US Open.
Bertie retired in March and is not defending her title. Therefore, the honor of playing the first match on Tuesday is the slot traditionally reserved for the female champion of the previous year, collecting the second French Open trophy for 35 consecutive victories. It will be given to the entering Swiatek. The tournament announced on Friday that Swiatek was that choice for that Tuesday slot of the schedule.
Seed-based women's quarterfinals are Swiatech vs. 8 Jessica Pegula, Priscova vs. 4th Paula Badosa, 2nd Anett Kontaveit vs. 5th Maria Sakkari, 3rd It's an ounce. Jabber vs. No. 7 Danielle Collins.
Polish Iga Sifion wins the Trophy Ceremony Celebrating the French Open The second tennis grand slam of the year at Stud Roland Gallos on June 4, 2022 in Paris, France, following the women's final against Coco Gauff on the 14th day of 2022. (John Berry / Getty Images)
Potential men's quarterfinals are top seed Novak Djokovic vs. 5th Carlos Alcaraz, 3rd Casper Ruud vs. No. 7 Hubert Hurkacz, No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No.6 Felix Auger-Aliassime, No. 4Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. No.8 Matteo Berretni.
Djokovic defeated Berrettini in last year's final to win the Wimbledon title for the third consecutive year.
Djokovic will start playing center court with South Korea's 75th place Kwon Sung Woo on Monday.
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Djokovic's ranking has dropped to 3rd place, but he is a man Leading the seed of. 1 Daniil Medvedev and 2nd place Alexander Zverev are not on the field. Medvejev is Russian and all players from that country and Belarus have been banned by the All England Club due to the war in Ukraine. Zverev tore the ligaments of his right leg with Nadal in the French Open semi-finals. Nadal won his 14th championship there, setting the 22nd overall men's record in the majors.
