Wimbledon —
In 2022, Serena Williams walked off Wimbledon’s Centre Court without knowing if she would ever be back. The American great had just lost to France’s Harmony Tan in the first round of the grass court major and questions about her future were swirling around this leafy corner of London.
The then 40-year-old had been struggling with injuries for a while and had slumped down to 1,204th in the world. She was a shadow of her former self on the court and hadn’t won a grand slam title in over five years.
“That’s a question I can’t answer. I don’t know,” she told reporters at the time when asked whether that would be her last time playing at Wimbledon. “Who knows where I’ll pop up?”
Now, well over 1,000 days from that question being asked, we finally have our answer. It was not her final Wimbledon. She’s back and as popular as ever.
