Serena Williams made her first singles appearance at Wimbledon this year, where she sustained an injury in her first-round match with Sasnovich a year ago that sidelined her for a year. However, this year again in London, she finished in the opening round, when she lost to the Frenchwoman Tanová.
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At the tournament in Toronto, she scored her first singles win against the Spaniard after 430 long days. She showed impressive resilience and stamina on a steamy day, with flashes of the “old Serena” in her game, especially in her strong serve and forehand, yet the American hinted after the match that her end on the courts is near.
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“I think there is light at the end of the tunnel. I’m getting close to the light,” Williams, who will celebrate her 41st birthday at the end of September, repeated after advancing to the second round. When asked what she meant by the light, she gave a clear answer. “Freedom. It’s been the right thing for me lately. I can’t wait , when I get to that light and walk through it,” the twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion continued.
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The year off, which she could spend with her family and devote herself to her little daughter, Olympia, came in handy after years of hard work, and she is looking forward to being able to devote herself fully to family life. “I love acting, it’s amazing, but you know, I can’t do it forever,” she realizes that nowadays the players in the limelight are at least twenty years younger.
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In the second round, Williams will face the winner of the duel between the Swiss Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and the successful Czech qualifier Tereza Martincová.
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