{"id":726680,"date":"2026-06-10T05:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/726680\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:02:16","slug":"williams-mboko-win-first-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/726680\/","title":{"rendered":"Williams, Mboko win first set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serena Williams has won her first competitive tennis match in nearly four years, playing in women’s doubles at Queen’s Club. <\/p>\n

Playing alongside Victoria Mboko, a 19-year-old from Canada, the 44-year-old Williams showed plenty of flashes of her old self as the duo beat No. 3 seeds Erin Routliffe and Nicole Melichar-Martinez 7-6(2), 6-2 in the first round. <\/p>\n

Williams and Mboko will be back in action in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Williams has also taken a doubles wild card at the Berlin Open before a possible Grand Slam appearance at Wimbledon later this month. <\/p>\n

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