In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she included a photo of herself with her coaches and her ankles on the grass with her tennis bag in the background. Williams wrote in the caption of the photo: “SW and SW19. It’s an appointment. 2022, we’re talking about it. “She added the Eastbourne International tag to the photo, the WTA event before Wimbledon starting next week, along with her coach, her partner, and Eric Hechtman, her sister Venus’ coach Wimbledon starts on June 27 Williams has not played since last year’s Wimbledon first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich when she slipped on wet grass and was forced to retire early in the first set. Meanwhile, her ranking has dropped to 1,208 and, because she did not apply for a protected ranking before Wimbledon, she would need a wild card to participate in the event. Allow Instagram Content? This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is uploaded, as they may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click “Allow and Continue”. With 23 singles grand slam titles, Williams currently holds the Open Grand Slam record. At Wimbledon, she won seven singles titles, six women’s doubles titles with her sister, Venus, and also the mixed doubles title in 1998. After winning her 23rd Grand Slam title while pregnant with her daughter, Olympia, in Australia in 2017, Williams returned from maternity leave in 2018. While it has reached four Grand Slam finals since then, including the Wimbledon in 2018 and 2019, Williams has not been able to win a set in any of those finals. Williams turns 41 on September 26.
