Serena Williams Loses to World No. 115

US star exits Wimbledon in first round
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jun 28, 2022 5:16 PM CDT
Serena Williams Exits Wimbledon in First Round
France's Harmony Tan returns to Serena Williams of the US in a first round women's singles match on day two of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, June 28, 2022.   (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Serena Williams has lost her first singles match in nearly a year, getting beat by 115th-ranked Harmony Tan of France in a third-set tiebreaker at Wimbledon. Williams was two points from victory but could not finish the job and bowed out with a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) defeat on Tuesday night, the AP reports. They played at Centre Court with the arena’s retractable roof closed after the first set. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion but the 40-year-old American had not competed in singles since she was injured in the first set of her first-round match at the All England Club on June 29, 2021.

She has won Wimbledon seven times. This was only the third first-round exit in 80 career Grand Slam appearances for Williams. One came at the French Open in 2012 and one at Wimbledon a year ago when she had to stop playing because of an injured leg.This was Tan’s Wimbledon debut. Last week, Williams and Ons Jabeur won a doubles match, Williams' first competitive match since the injury.

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