June 30, 2026 — 5:00am
London: Sam Stosur isn’t buying Serena Williams’ personal narrative in this unlikeliest of comebacks.
“I don’t need to win,” is Williams’ public war cry for her highly anticipated Wimbledon return, almost four years after she lost what was supposed to be the last singles match of her extraordinary career to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic at the 2022 US Open.
Williams is a 23-time grand slam champion – seven of those titles were won at the All England club – who sits comfortably alongside fellow greats Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Helen Wills Moody.
Sports leviathans Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Michael Phelps and Mario Lemieux made comebacks after years away with mixed results.
