


If Williams gets past Tan, next up could be a match against Sara Sorribes Tormo, who is seeded 32nd but has never been past the third round in 19 past major appearances. Tan, meanwhile, will be making her debut at the grass-court tournament. Williams has won seven Wimbledon championships, part of her total of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, a record for the professional era. The courtside “mph” monitors were switched off, so there was no way to tell just how fast her serves were zipping, but the echoes produced by her hard-hit shots reverberated off the arena’s thousands of empty green seats and the white cover overhead as a light rain fell outside. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek into the main stadium and went through about 45 minutes of training, from groundstrokes to volleys and overheads to her best-in-the-game serve. Wearing an all-white outfit and visor, Williams followed No. That ended after less than a set, when Williams slipped on the slick turf and injured her right leg.
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1 Court before the tournament begins next week.Īccompanied by coach Eric Hechtman - who has worked with her older sister, Venus, and replaces longtime coach Patrick Moratoglou, now with Simona Halep - and hitting partner Jarmere Jenkins, Williams returned to the site of her last official singles match anywhere, nearly a full year ago at the All England Club. WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Serena Williams walked out on Centre Court under a closed retractable roof on Friday afternoon, taking advantage of Wimbledon’s new policy of allowing players to practice there and at No.
