{"id":31224,"date":"2026-06-05T17:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/31224\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:36:22","slug":"serena-williams-adds-berlin-to-her-comeback-tour-and-will-play-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/31224\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams adds Berlin to her comeback tour and will play doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &#8211; Serena Williams, of the United States, prepares to serve against Anett Kontaveit, of Estonia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File)FILE &#8211; Serena Williams motions a heart to fans during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sept. 2, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II, file)FILE &#8211; United States Serena Williams plays a return to Romania&#8217;s Mihaela Buzarnescu during their second round match on day four of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris on June 2, 2021. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus, File)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 ikGclg\">Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 hSpCPW\">FILE &#8211; Serena Williams, of the United States, prepares to serve against Anett Kontaveit, of Estonia, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">BERLIN \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/serena-williams-comeback-tennis-b0696e1d76b0e7695d6e7d6fc4a78875\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Serena Williams&#8217; comeback<\/a> to tennis will include a stop in Berlin this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Berlin Open organizers said Williams will compete in doubles at the grass-court event starting on June 13. Her partner and the date of her first match will be announced later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion stepped away from tennis in 2022. She has yet to say whether she plans to play at Wimbledon or the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">She will make her eagerly anticipated return to professional tennis playing doubles alongside Victoria Mboko at Queen\u2019s Club next week. Berlin is the week after. Wimbledon is two weeks after that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cEvery tournament I add to my schedule right now feels special, and Berlin is no exception,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I\u2019m excited to compete in front of the German fans and continue building momentum throughout the grass-court season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">AP tennis: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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