Serena Williams given Wimbledon wild card

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Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball during the women's singles third round match between Serena Williams of the United States and Danielle Collins of the United States at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, June 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

American veteran Serena Williams could return to the Wimbledon Championships this year as she has been given a wild card for the grass-court Grand Slam on Tuesday.

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion withdrew midway in the opening round at last year's Wimbledon Championships due to injury and has not played since then. Her world ranking has slipped to outside the top 1000.

Before heading to London's All England Club where she clinched seven singles titles, the 40-year-old Williams will play doubles at Eastbourne International together with Ons Jabeur from Tunisia.

This year's Wimbledon is scheduled to run from June 27th to July 10th. The three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland also received a wild card to compete in the men's singles main draw.

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