- Seven-time Wimbledon champion beaten in first round
- American says: ‘Today I gave all I could do’
There are few things in this world that Serena Williams has enjoyed more than a comeback throughout her career. She underwent knee surgery in 2003, yet within a year of her return she was a grand slam champion again. After arriving at the 2007 Australian Open ranked 81st, she left with the title. She nearly died from a pulmonary embolism in 2011, but she toiled back to enjoy her greatest years. In 2017, she survived a life-threatening childbirth, yet she recovered to reach four grand slam finals.
Over the course of her 27 years as a professional tennis player, Williams has seen generations rise and fall, with most of her contemporaries over a decade into retirement. But time comes for us all, and in a torrid evening on Centre Court showed the challenge before her in the final chapter of her career.
Written by Tumaini Carayol at Wimbledon
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/28/time-seems-to-catch-up-with-serena-williams-in-defeat-by-harmony-tan under the title “Serena Williams loses epic to Harmony Tan as time catches up with 40-year-old”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
