Serena Williams

Serena Williams. American professional tennis player (born 1981) · Harmony Tan. French tennis player · Simona Halep. Romanian female tennis player.

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The tennis superstar is set to appear in her first singles match after suffering an injury at Wimbledon last year.

Williams told the Associated Press she decided to play Wimbledon "some time ago," saying she made up her mind before the French Open, which began on May 22. Tan, a 24-year-old from France, is making her Wimbledon debut. The 40-year-old star is seeking to make a run deep in the tournament for a chance to capture her eighth Wimbledon crown and 24th career Grand Slam title.

SERENA Williams gave birth to her first child and married her partner Alexis Ohanian in 2017 - and she'll be hoping to make them both proud at the 202.

The hall will be totally transformed." On September 13, 2017, the tennis ace revealed she and her partner Alexis Ohanian had given birth to a baby girl and named her Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, after her father. SERENA Williams gave birth to her first child and married her partner Alexis Ohanian in 2017 - and she'll be hoping to make them both proud at the 2022 Wimbledon.

SERENA WILLIAMS is due to take on France's Harmony Tan this afternoon - but why does Williams wear stickers on her face when she plays?

Fans may notice stickers on Williams' face today - but why does she wear them? Why is Serena Williams wearing face stickers? What time is Serena Williams playing today? The Times reported this is due to a sinus problem Williams has struggled with for a long time. Why is Serena Williams wearing face stickers? SERENA WILLIAMS is due to take on France's Harmony Tan this afternoon - but why does Williams wear stickers on her face when she plays?

Why is Serena Williams wearing black tape on her face at Wimbledon 2022? It could have to do with sinus problems.

A report from The Timesclaims this is due to a longstanding sinus problem, and the tape plays a crucial role in relieving the symptoms. Williams spoke about playing with the condition in 2007 and said at the time in quotes published by the Edinburgh Evening News: “I’m a sinus sufferer. Well, we’re sort of here to help.

Serena Williams returns to action at Wimbledon this year, following on from her appearance in the women's doubles at Eastbourne last week.

We know this in any sport, but especially in tennis, you have to be so focused and insular, you have to shut everything else out. "She is also a mum, and they are all distractions. The club broke the tradition, allowing players to go and break that court in so it’s not as greasy on the first day. "I don’t think she has played a lot. She has had the opportunity to go out onto Centre Court and test - which is something new. Once the lining swells, mucus cannot drain from your nose and throat correctly.

Serena Williams is ending a year-long Grand Slam hiatus on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2022. Why has the tennis superstar been seen wearing face tape?

She's tied with Steffi Graf for the second-most Wimbledon singles titles in her career, trailing record-holder Martina Navritilova, who has nine. Wimbledon and the French Open, it's not easy." Play can continue until a curfew at 11 p.m (6 p.m. ET, 8 a.m. AEST). The Sporting News explains why. The pair were unable to compete in the final four because Jabeur had a knee injury but Williams had proved a huge hit in her first matches since tearing her hamstring at Wimbledon 2021. Williams wore the tape to help her performances when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne.

The 40-year-old, who has won seven Wimbledon titles across her illustrious career, may have played little tennis over the last year but still appears to be ...

A double fault from Tan immediately sets up another but she corrects her mistake with a huge serve to get back to deuce. Williams get to break point but loses two points in a row and it's suddenly set point for the world No 115. Williams refuses to go down without a fight and forces an error from Tan as the Frenchwoman attempts to serve out the set. Firing a huge return at her opponent, she sends another booming forehand down the court that Tan can't get anything on. She expertly saves it with her third ace but Tan plays a perfect lob to set up another break point. Her fourth break point is saved by a Tan winner once again and Williams can't capitalise on a second serve as he return goes wide to give her opponent a game point. But 40-year-old quickly pressures the Frenchwoman's serve with an overhead winner to lead 15-30. She chases down another Tan drop shot but the umpire calls "not up". It's a third chance for the American after an error from Tan but Williams is left looking bewildered as it's saved by a winner. Williams completes an easy hold to extend her lead in this second set to 5-0 with the comeback well and truly on. The Centre Court crowd cheers as the lights are turned off for this match to continue into the evening. The American legend only recently returned after 12 months out and is playing in her first Grand Slam since her unfortunate exit at Wimbledon last time around.

The 23-time Grand Slam winner is donning two mysterious strips of black tape on her right cheek for her first-round match against Harmony Tan from France. So, ...

Sinus issues can cause headaches, pain, and swelling in the face. The 23-time Grand Slam winner is donning two mysterious strips of black tape on her right cheek for her first-round match against Harmony Tan from France. You feel a lot of pressure, congestion, and pain, and training for Grand Slams such as the ones coming up like Wimbledon and the French Open, it’s not easy.”

Wimbledon is in progress and people are wondering what the story is behind the black tape on Serena Williams' face.

After being away from competition for a leg injury, Williams is back, hoping to clinch her 24th career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. She started wearing the tape when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne, where unfortunately her teammate Ons Jabeur’s injury kept the pair from finishing. According to The Times, the small sections of medical tape on her face are proposed to relieve the eight-time Wimbledon singles champion’s sinus problems.

Serena Williams hadn't played a singles match in a year until she stepped back on the court at Wimbledon this afternoon. The tennis legend took the court ...

Williams dropped the first set in a shaky performance. "I'm a sinus sufferer,"Williams said in 2007. According to the UK Times, those stickers are actually Kinesio tape, also known as kinesiology tape or its brand name, KT Tape, and she is using them to help her sinuses.

Serena Williams was knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon after she was beaten 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7) by Harmony Tan and the American said: 'Today I gave ...

Despite her uncertainty, Williams did say that a tight defeat in her first match back motivated her to return to the practice court and to improve for the US Open to come. But she first lost her 3-1 lead, then she served for the match and Tan wrestled it from her with a backhand passing shot. But time comes for us all, and in a torrid evening on Centre Court showed the challenge before her in the final chapter of her career. In terms of ranking and experience, the world No 115 Tan was one of the better draws Williams could have received. Rusty and short of confidence against a player who gave her none, Williams recovered from a set down and fought her heart out before falling in the first round 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7) to France’s Harmony Tan. She underwent knee surgery in 2003, yet within a year of her return she was a grand slam champion again.

It was the first singles match for Williams since she tore her right hamstring during the opening set of the first round at Wimbledon in 2021.

Ultimately, though, she lost to the steadiness of the daughter of Cambodian and Vietnamese parents, a player coached by 1998 Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat, and a player who improved her lifetime match record at Grand Slam tournaments to 3-6, set against that of Williams, which stands at 365-55. Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. The match showcased her rustiness (54 unforced errors), her everlasting brilliance (61 winners) and the guttural screams that long have helped her find her inner Serena Williams. It showed her fight in the utmost when she prevailed through a monster of a 12-deuce, 30-point second game of the second set, taking on momentum there. As Tan peppered the court with drop shots as if by ancient text of how to play someone with 40-year-old legs, she forced Williams to elevate, and elevate Williams did. She lost an advantage after she led 3-1 in the third set.

Williams, who had not competed in singles on tour since withdrawing from Wimbledon last year with an injury, lost in three sets to Harmony Tan of France.

Williams served for the match at 5-4 and was two points from victory at 30-15 only to lose the next three points and her serve when she hit an unconvincing forehand approach shot that Tan slapped past her for a backhand winner. That was certainly understandable in light of her long layoff, and the crowd reacted with awkward silence at first. Tauziat understood the importance of keeping Williams out of her prime hitting zones and of keeping her on the move. She also looked as tight as piano wire, struggling to let her natural power flow and missing swing volleys and approach shots by the bunch while laboring to move laterally. It was a ragged but ultimately admirable performance as she tried to shake off the rust and solve the myriad riddles posed by Tan, who had watched Williams only from afar until their duel. But at least she can leave the All England Club with a less painful memory than what she took from last year’s Wimbledon, when she tore a hamstring after slipping in the first set of her first-round match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, hobbling off Centre Court in great distress. She then had to navigate the tiebreaker despite the weariness in her legs and the tension in her gaze. Williams and her player box full of family, friends and team members, including her new coach Eric Hechtman, were not able to celebrate. She won two sets instead, turning what could have been a feel-good story for Williams into a narrow defeat that will repose the question of how much more professional tennis Williams intends to play. Williams dominated the second set but Tan fought back in the third while Williams’s level and energy dipped even if her fighting spirit did not. “When I saw the draw I was really scared, because it’s Serena,” said Tan, 24. Her grueling duel with Tan was a stylistic contrast that lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes.

Serena Williams' return to singles tennis after a year-long absence ended with a dramatic 5-7 6-1 6-7 (7-10) first-round defeat against France's Harmony Tan ...

"I think I'm pretty solid on the grass," she said. "When I saw the draw, I was really scared," she said after the match. for close to a year at Eastbourne last week, partnering with Ons Jabeur in the doubles event. "For my first Wimbledon -- it's wow. Swiatek, meanwhile, dominated the first set against Fett in her first match since the French Open, but had to overcome a tough period in the second when Fett came close to securing a double break. She was a break up in the third, but Tan showed her resilience by fighting back to take a thrilling final set in a nail-biting tie break.

Serena Williams, in her first singles match since being injured in the first round of last year's Wimbledon, rallied multiple times in her first-round match ...

"It's a dream because, you know, I saw Serena on the TV when I was young," Tan said. I mean, I was scared when I was on the court, but really happy to be there." From there, it was a battle in which the crowd seemed to live and breathe with every point, and both players reacted emphatically throughout. I mean, she won 23 Grand Slams. When you play her, I was scared. "I had some chances to win that first set," Williams said. "It was a lot of motivation, to be honest," Williams said before the tournament got underway. Williams hadn't played a match since being forced to retire from her first-round match at the All England Club in 2021 due to what she later revealed to be a torn hamstring. "But, yeah, I feel like in just those key points, winning some of those points, is always something mentally that you have to have, that you kind of need. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of 'em, but obviously not enough." So it was a tremendous amount of motivation for that." She began her competitive comeback last week in doubles at Eastbourne, alongside Ons Jabeur, to great fanfare. When it was over, both players were given a standing ovation from those in the stands.

Serena Williams lost in her first singles match in 364 days, outlasted by 115th-ranked Frenchwoman Harmony Tan 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 in the Wimbledon first round.

Asked if there’s any part of her that wants to play the U.S. Open in two months, she said, “That being the first place I’ve won a Grand Slam [in 1999], is something that’s always super special. Tan went up a mini break at 8-6 in the tiebreak, then served it out. This time around, even though I’m considered a favorite, I don’t feel like it as much as I did when I was 15 or even 16. I feel like I learned so much not to put pressure on now, now, now. Asked if she’s OK if this is her last memory at Wimbledon, she said, “Obviously not. “I feel like I’m a lot more relaxed than when I was considered the sensation,” Gauff said before the tournament.

The loss is just the second time Williams has been beaten in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament.

When I was young, I was watching her so many times on the TV," Tan said. It was just the third time Williams failed to advance past the first round of a Grand Slam -- and just her second loss. Tan wasn't ready to give up and rallied back to take a 5-4 lead and once again make it a close competition, before shutting the door on the tennis legend. Once it got to the tie breaker, Williams started out strong and took a 4-0 advantage. "It was definitely a very long battle and fight," she said during the post-match press conference. Williams put on quite the fight against Harmony Tan, but after three hours and 11 minutes, the veteran had to accept an early exit at The Championships.

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It seemed particularly poignant for Williams, who waved and twirled as she walked towards the exit as the crowd continued to cheer. Tan, currently ranked No. 115 in the world, was playing in her main draw debut at Wimbledon -- against Williams on Centre Court, no less -- and pulled off the biggest upset of her career after over three hours of grueling play. She celebrated the game-clinching point with a Williams-esque, "Come on!" Williams herself even called it "insane and intense" in a post on Instagram, and said, "my goodness I enjoyed that" despite the loss. With the roof now closed due to darkness, Centre Court roared in admiration and awe, and most in the crowd were on their feet. It was perhaps the first truly "Serena" moment of the match.

her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn't competed in.

Her other strokes were better-calibrated: After making 22 unforced errors in the first set, she made 13 in the second. She won a monumental game to lead 2-0, breaking after 30 points and 12 deuces across almost 20 minutes when Tan shanked a forehand into the chair umpire’s stand. “But with that being said, I felt like I played pretty OK on some of ’em. Not all of ’em. Maybe some key ones I definitely could have played better. “If you’re playing week in, week out, or even every three weeks, every four weeks, there’s a little bit more match toughness,” she said. Another past finalist, Marin Cilic, pulled out Monday for the same reason. Tan came into the day with a 2-6 career record at all Grand Slam tournaments. But she could not finish the job against an opponent making her Wimbledon debut and bowed out with a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) loss to 115th-ranked Harmony Tan of France. Soon enough, a forehand passing winner gave Tan that set. WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams began — and ended — her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn’t competed in just that long. I was like, ‘Oh, my God, how can I play?’” Others came via errors by Williams, either forced or unforced. Who knows where I’ll pop up?”

Serena Williams was beat out by France's Harmony Tan 5-7 6-1 6-7 (7-10) in the first round. The 23-time Grand Slam title winner described the loss "insane ...

Nothing to prove but at 40 gave absolutely everything,” another Twitter user posted. Onward and up,” she wrote in the caption of her post, ending with a set of two smiley faces. The 40-year-old tennis star was beat out by France’s Harmony Tan 5-7 6-1 6-7 (7-10) in the first round.

Wimbledon is in progress and people are wondering what the story is behind the black tape on Serena Williams face.

After being away from competition for a leg injury, Williams is back, hoping to clinch her 24th career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. She started wearing the tape when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne, where unfortunately her teammate Ons Jabeur’s injury kept the pair from finishing. According to The Times, the small sections of medical tape on her face are proposed to relieve the eight-time Wimbledon singles champion’s sinus problems.

The all-time great was downed in the first round of Wimbledon after spending a year away from the court.

I feel like . . . I don't know. Onward and up," Williams said. "Obviously, the summer is — we're in the summer now, and right in the swing of it.

A second consecutive first-round exit at Wimbledon leaves the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion looking human, but suggesting she has more tennis left to ...

Williams packed up her bags, waved to the crowd, and then, in an interview room a little while later, said the idea of playing in New York at the U.S. Open later in the summer, after some time on the practice courts, carried plenty of appeal. “Just being here shows that she has a lot of love for her work and for this game. “The only thing that shows is passion and love for the game,” Nadal said of her comeback attempt. There were flashbacks on Tuesday. Williams surged to an early lead in the deciding set, then minutes later, she was fighting, down a game, though on serve, against the 115th-ranked player in the world, a 24-year-old who grew up watching her on television. But in the tiebreaker, she frittered away prosperity once more, allowing a 4-0 lead to become a 9-7 deficit. The Serena Williams of the past two decades has been so much more than a gifted athlete who knew what to do with 11 ounces of carbon fiber in her right hand. “I think it’s great that we have her back,” said Maria Sakkari of Greece, who called Williams a great role model. In addition to her usual slew of sponsors, Williams announced earlier this year that her early-stage venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, has raised an inaugural fund of $111 million to invest in founders with diverse points of view and backgrounds. Williams must, too, just as she did against Tan, a part of a deeper-than-ever WTA Tour where anyone can beat, or lose, to anyone else. For the better part of two decades, Williams dominated her sport unlike anyone else. A feathery drop shot late in the third set showed the touch that appears infrequently now. She became a successful businesswoman and a mother.

Kim Clijsters says Serena Williams will find it hard to balance family and tennis, as the American considers extending her comeback after losing at ...

"Playing matches is the only way where you serve under pressure. So that needs to needs to happen. Wimbledon

Even after a year-long absence from tennis, Serena Williams hasn't forgotten how to entertain.

Ahead of Wimbledon, Williams reflected on how tennis is no longer her sole focus in life. "That wasn't surprising for me because I knew I was doing that well. "The US Open -- that being the first place I've won a grand slam -- is something that's always super special," Williams added. But I'm moving well, I'm getting a lot of balls back. I definitely had to try to find my rhythm out there. Tuesday's match was a clear contrast in styles.

Serena Williams, seven-time Wimbledon champion, lost her first match at a Grand Slam in a year. Harmony Tan, the 115th ranked player in the world, ...

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Harmony Tan looked composed enough during her wild upset of Serena Williams in the first round of Wimbledon Tuesday.

After a gassed Serena took a 4-0 lead in the tiebreaker, Tan battled back and won, 10-7. It was Serena’s first singles match since last year’s Wimbledon, where she also was forced out of the first round, that time due to injury. I thought if I could win one or two games it was really good for me.”

Williams, who Forbes estimates is worth $260 million and made $45.9 million last year in off-court income, is popping up everywhere: in Hollywood, fashion, ...

With her interest in children, Dorfman said Williams might consider opening a tennis school for kids who have less access to the sport. “Even outside the sports world, she’s got icon potential.” It’s about a little girl who finds confidence with the help of a magic doll. On the website, she models many of the looks herself. “Along the lines of LeBron James, who has his SpringHill Company. Steph Curry is doing the same thing.” She is still one slam away of tying Margaret Court‘s record of 24 wins. “Venus goes in her direction, and I go in my direction. Williams is way ahead of James and Curry when it comes to fashion. She has laid the groundwork for a post-sports career that could rival Michael Jordan’s. The reality, actually, has little to do with swatting a furry yellow ball. “When I met my husband [Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian], that was our first conversation. I was talking about investments.”

Yesterday, the 23-time Grand Slam champion was bested in a third-set tiebreaker by Harmony Tan. In her first competitive singles match in 364 days, Williams ...

It seemed as though each time Williams had the advantage, her opponent clawed right back. Once she settled in, Williams showed a few glimpses that reminded fans why she is a seven-time Wimbledon champion. She failed to find her rhythm until the fourth game of the match.