TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: The Championships issued Williams with both a doubles and a singles wildcard after its seven-time winner announced her shock return to court.

Williams, 44, will team with her sister, Venus, in women’s doubles at Wimbledon starting Thursday.

The seven-time champion played her first match on Centre Court in four years and gave a tremendous account of herself before going down to 20-year-old Australian Maya Joint.

Serena Williams’ Wimbledon appearance in women’s doubles with sister Venus is in doubt because of a knee injury

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Serena Williams is slated to play doubles alongside sister Venus this week but faces a race against time to be fit

Williams ‘tweaked her knee’ during her late-night defeat to Maya Joint on Centre Court, with the 44-year-old’s participation in the doubles alongside sister Venus Williams now in…

Former world No.1 Williams lost her celebrated singles return at Wimbledon to Australia’s Maya Joint, but an injury could stop her playing doubles.

Serena received wild card invitations from Wimbledon organizers to play both singles and doubles with Venus.

Serena is dealing with a knee problem following her first-round singles loss to Maya Joint on Tuesday

Williams, 44, is scheduled to play doubles with Venus on Friday but has emerged as an injury doubt

Wimbledon organisers are giving Serena Williams "as much time" as possible to get fit to play the doubles event alongside sister Venus, tournament director Jamie Baker said on…

TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: The Championships issued Williams with both a doubles and a singles wildcard after its seven-time winner announced her shock return to court.

Serena Williams and Venus Williams are on the schedule for Saturday's play at Wimbledon - but time will tell if they take to the court as Serena contends with a knee injury.

The legendary Williams sisters are set to return to Wimbledon as a doubles pairing after Serena came back to singles this week at the age of 44

MATTHEW LAMBWELL: Serena Williams has withdrawn from the doubles with her sister Venus after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered in her first-round singles defeat.