After nearly four years since her last match, 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams on Monday announced her return to professional tennis.
She accepted an invitation to play doubles at the Queen's Club in London in the HSBC Championships alongside Canada's Victoria Mboko.
The 19-year-old Mboko - 25 years Williams' junior - has yet to make the pairing official, stating, "I think for me I want to kind of let the moment [be] for her."
Williams never officially confirmed her retirement after the 2022 US Open - her last appearance at a professional level. Social media clips of her working out recently ramped up the rumors of her return, and she is now back.
Williams remains one Grand Slam title shy of tying Margaret Court's record of 24 - a feat that Novak Djokovic has now completed on the men's side.
The legendary player is now potentially targeting returns at Wimbledon in June and the US Open in August.
She last won a major at the Australian Open while in the early stages of pregnancy, but fell short in finals at Wimbledon in 2018 and the US Open in 2019.
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