On the 29th, Beijing time, Serena Williams came to the Wimbledon Center Court again after 364 days. After 3 hours and 14 minutes of fierce battle, the 40-year-old legend defeated 5-7, 6-1, 6(7)-7 Lost to French player Harmony Tan in her first match at Wimbledon , the 7-time Wimbledon champion stopped in the first round for two consecutive years.
"I did the best I could today." Serena said, "Maybe I can do better tomorrow, or I could play better a week ago. But that's all I can do today, I have to Accept it."
Serena Williams's opponent today is the French girl ranked 115th in the world. This is the first time for the 24-year-old Harmony to participate in the Wimbledon main draw. After the game, she gasped, "When I saw the fight, When it was a draw, I was really scared. She's Serena Williams, she's a legend, and I was like, oh my God, how am I going to fight?"
As a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, the junior Williams' 27-year career has witnessed the rise and fall of several generations. Most of her contemporaries have retired for more than ten years, but Serena has brought surprises with comebacks again and again. She underwent knee surgery in 2003 and within a year of returning to competition, she became a Grand Slam champion again. At the 2007 Australian Open, Serena Williams, who had been absent for a long time due to ankle and knee injuries, made a strong return. With a world ranking of 81st, she defeated 6 seeded players and won the Australian Open championship in one fell swoop. In 2011, she almost died of a pulmonary embolism, but returned to competition six months later. She survived a life-threatening childbirth in 2017 and reached four Grand Slam finals the following year...
Since withdrawing from the first round of Wimbledon last year, Serena has been away from the court for nearly a year and finally played in Iran. Steben returned to the station. She and the world's No. 3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar partnered for the first time and passed two levels in a row. Due to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's injury, they withdrew from the semi-finals.
htmlThe 140-year-old Serena Williams has entered the twilight years of her career. When asked whether this comeback was a farewell tour to Wimbledon, Serena did not give a definite answer, but she said that today's disastrous defeat prompted her to return to practice. field, and step up efforts for the upcoming US Open . "Without a doubt, this made me want to rush to the practice court because I played well and was very close to winning."Author: Wu Shu
Editor: Gu Miao
Picture: Wimbledon official website
