{"id":49061,"date":"2026-06-22T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/the-comeback-at-wimbledon-is-crazy-and-again-its-serena-williams\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:11:33","slug":"the-comeback-at-wimbledon-is-crazy-and-again-its-serena-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/the-comeback-at-wimbledon-is-crazy-and-again-its-serena-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"The comeback at Wimbledon is crazy…and again, it’s Serena Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Serena Williams has many accomplishments. Her singles return at Wimbledon is more likely to end in a first-round loss than a miraculous late-game advance.<\/p>\n

But does she know it?<\/p>\n

Wimbledon’s decision to give Williams the final singles wildcard on Sunday was, of course, not surprising. She is a seven-time champion, arguably the best women’s player of all time, and will create a huge buzz at the tournament.<\/p>\n

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If she wanted a wild card, she was going to get a wild card. Over the past few weeks, she has been cautious in her responses about whether she would try out for singles, but the idea of \u200b\u200bspending six months in a drug-testing pool to regain WTA eligibility and enduring hundreds of hours of training just to play doubles was simply unbelievable. Come.<\/p>\n

Now that’s really happening. Nearly four years after playing what would have been her last match at the 2022 U.S. Open, and now pregnant again, she’s doing it again at age 44.<\/p>\n

Bold, absurd, and totally Selena.<\/p>\n

And perhaps it was inevitable.<\/p>\n

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Tennis players are notorious for being terrible at retiring. They burn out, age, and become less competitive with age, but pain is such a part of them that many find it difficult to live without it. And there’s always that little kernel of what-if doubt that collides with championship egos: How good is this new generation? Really<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Most high-profile comebacks were short-lived and not particularly successful. The game progresses, the competition gets better, and the effects of age become apparent.<\/p>\n

Logically, “But it’s Selena” shouldn’t apply. But it’s Serena, and it’s Wimbledon. If she can do it, she’ll do it there – on a surface that doesn’t require the physicality of a hard court and where the best serves in the history of women’s play can score points without doing anything else.<\/p>\n

When I caught the right draw, I don’t know if my opponent panicked by playing Serena Williams on center court. It’s enough to convince her that it’s possible for someone who has done what he’s done so far and has any competitive edge left.<\/p>\n

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