‘It’s been an easy retransition’ – Williams on Wimbledon returnImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Serena Williams won seven of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at WimbledonByAmy LofthouseBBC Sport senior journalistPublished2 hours agoFor Serena Williams, everything and nothing has changed on her return to Wimbledon.She is not the same woman who walked off Centre Court four years ago after a loss to Harmony Tan.
Since evolving away and then back to tennis, she has had a second daughter, co-founded a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team and danced at the Super Bowl.
Some of the faces that practise alongside her have changed. Even some of the grounds have changed, with Williams finding herself momentarily lost on her way to the media centre at Wimbledon.
On Tuesday, the 44-year-old will play Maya Joint, 24 years her junior, in the third match on Centre Court – 1,396 days since she last played in the singles.
No-one knows how it will go. But for the American great, just being on court is a success.
“It’s been a very easy retransition. I’m back in the house that I stayed in [for] several years,” Williams told Clare Balding in an interview for BBC TV.
“It’s nothing too new, and at the same time it’s everything new. Change is good.
“Success [for me] is just walking out there. I never expected to be here.
“Success is enjoying myself and sticking to my gameplan that my coach gives me, being disciplined – and that’s what I’m trying to do.”
