{"id":1835,"date":"2026-06-30T23:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:13:47","slug":"serena-williams-loses-in-opening-round-at-wimbledon-in-first-singles-match-in-nearly-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1835","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams loses in opening round at Wimbledon in first singles match in nearly four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Serena Williams showed plenty of what made her a 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion in her first professional singles match in nearly four years on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1833\">Two measles cases reported in Chester County, widening spread in Southeastern Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But Williams, 44, couldn\u2019t quite dominate like she used to and was beaten, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3, by an opponent less than half her age, 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia, in the opening round of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was really great to be back at Wimbledon. I never expected to be here,\u201d Williams, who did not meet with media after the match, said in a statement released by Wimbledon organizers. \u201cThe atmosphere was amazing. Walking out was amazing. I definitely relished it and missed it and enjoyed the moment more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams displayed the same powerful serve and heavy groundstrokes that led her to seven Wimbledon singles titles, but the 87th-ranked Joint handled her pace and won more of the big points by hitting beyond Williams\u2019 reach on Centre Court.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what just happened, to be honest,\u201d Joint said. \u201cI didn\u2019t get much sleep last night. I was up until like 2 a.m. just thinking about it.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe has such an aura, she\u2019s just a legend, and this court has so many huge names that have played on it. I\u2019ve been dreaming about this moment since I was a little kid, so this is pretty crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>While Williams played two doubles matches just before Wimbledon to announce her comeback to the sport she once dominated, she hadn\u2019t played a singles match since the 2022 U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams has 98 career victories in singles on the hallowed grass of the All England Club. By contrast, it was Joint\u2019s first Wimbledon victory in just her second appearance at the All England Club after losing in the opening round last year.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But Joint won a Wimbledon warmup in nearby Eastbourne last year and knows how to play on grass.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Doubles match still to come<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams, who has no singles ranking after being out for so long, was given wild card invitations by Wimbledon organizers to play singles and doubles with her older sister, Venus. Her doubles match is later this week.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams has said that having her two daughters off from school inspired her comeback, and it marked the first time that her younger daughter, Adira, who is almost 3, saw her play singles. Adira sat next to her 8-year-old sister, Olympia, in the front row of Serena\u2019s players\u2019 box.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1832\">2 teens sought in shooting death of Penn State student in South Philly<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Standing ovation<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams was given a standing ovation as she walked on court before the match started under a closed roof and several supporters held up signs with messages like \u201cWelcome Back\u201d and one wore a T-shirt with the text \u201cUnstoppable Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams executed a delicate topspin lob winner early on and then cranked out a 121 mph ace to hold for 3-3 in the first set. But Williams also had a costly double fault that led to the only break of the first set.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the second set, Williams came back from 0-40 and saved four break points to hold for 6-5. Then Williams saved a match point in the tiebreaker with a big serve down the T followed by a forehand approach winner. Another big serve \u2014 clocking in at 122 mph \u2014 set up Serena\u2019s first set point, which she converted when Joint missed a forehand long.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After winning the set, Williams pumped her fist calmly.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But Joint took control early in the third and a forehand from Williams sailed long on Joint\u2019s third match point to conclude the encounter after 2 hours, 22 minutes.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams then smiled as she walked off the court to loud applause.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Williams and Joint both had 37 unforced errors, while Joint led, 40-26, in winners.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Zverev, \u015awi\u0105tek advance<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After opening day featured wins for No. 1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, along with Novak Djokovic, French Open champion Alexander Zverev and defending Wimbledon champion Iga \u015awi\u0105tek made it into the second round on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In a match between hard servers, the second-seeded Zverev beat Alexander Blockx, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u015awi\u0105tek, who had her father and sister looking on from the Royal Box, struggled with her serve and committed nine double-faults before overcoming Taylor Townsend, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>No. 2 Elena Rybakina also advanced, beating Lois Boisson, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Fourth-seeded Ben Shelton, a quarterfinalist here last year, lost to 140th-ranked Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen in five sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (9).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Matteo Berrettini, a finalist in 2021, beat Stan Wawrinka, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (16), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). It was the final Wimbledon match for Wawrinka, who plans to retire at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1831\">The Bay Area\u2019s famed rallying cry rings true with the USMNT in town for the World Cup: Just win, baby<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6) 6-3 by 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in her first professional singles match in nearly four years in the opening round of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ap","category-wires"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serena Williams loses in opening round at Wimbledon in first singles match in nearly four years - 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