Serena Williams and sister Venus to reunite as Wimbledon doubles participation confirmed
The Williams sisters have won 14 grand slam titles together as a pair out of which six have come at Wimbledon. The last of their Wimbledon victory was in 2016.
Serena Williams will reunite with her sister Venus to play in the women's doubles category at the upcoming Wimbledon 2026. The duo has received a wildcard to play the tournament, the All England Club announced on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old Serena recently returned to competitive action after a gap of four years at the Queen's Club while Venus, who turns 46 in a day, occasionally keeps playing at the twilight of her career.
The Williams sisters have won 14 grand slam titles together as a pair out of which six have come at Wimbledon. The last of their Wimbledon victory was in 2016.
Serena's sensational comeback
Williams was unable to play more than one match at Queen's after Mboko pulled out with an injury, but she is due to continue her remarkable comeback in the Berlin Open doubles alongside Karolina Muchova this week.
More from Tennis NewsFollowing speculation that Serena would be tempted to play in the singles at Wimbledon, which starts on June 29, the American was absent from the list of wildcard entries into that part of the tournament.
After so long away, she had no ranking to secure automatic entry into tournaments, leaving her to rely on wildcards.
Williams is a seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, but she hasn't won a Grand Slam crown since beating Venus to win the 2017 Australian Open.
Her most recent Wimbledon singles title came in 2016, with her last four Grand Slam finals ending in defeat.
There is still one singles wildcard place for Wimbledon to be announced.
Williams' return at Queen's for her first match in 1,375 days captured the imagination of the sporting world.
Her decision to pick up a racquet in a competitive setting for the first time since losing to Ajla Tomljanovic at the 2022 US Open had sparked questions about the wisdom of the move.
But it was like she had never been away as Williams produced her trademark thunderous serve and fearsome ground-strokes to the delight of a capacity crowd.
(With AFP inputs)
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