{"id":455898,"date":"2026-06-01T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455898\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:53:08","slug":"serena-williams-is-returning-to-pro-tennis-at-age-44-after-nearly-4-years-away-from-the-sport-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455898\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams is returning to pro tennis at age 44 after nearly 4 years away from the sport &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQSG1EYkp3RVRldUU1R1lSQU1XWWpGcDJmMFlMYTVuNEJsQ05wRUJ3T2x5Zy1ISkpBbUlwbzdHVnpiTXV4LUtRR1FiRFZFWVJjUG9VSzVXY01pR0lwUlN1S3pXYmhOaE9FMWpZU0VheDBENUhBdUZDTldsVHlOVEN0NlpTVWtaN1ZndWRfSWwxeUo1TFI3ZXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Serena Williams is returning to pro tennis at age 44 after nearly 4 years away from the sport<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE5lOFRkWFVLdmZlM01kaTZEaXRfUXhDYzlOVEpfN1oxdXk3NHByTEhKMUhWUWZrMXhOcjRyN29QVDNPRXozTElVeU16dU5QZ3p4amw3UHF6TjgwMFRKSEs0ZTZKUlNiM01lZmxiQk94SVJCUDBW?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">After almost four years away from tennis, Serena Williams is set to return to the court<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxNVzh4S3FvVFFCU3dhZThGRW9WcVlEbUJCWVBCcWxVdGY3bnFEZVgteEZMTWRLTHBXS25iT3I1UTFPSmFOQ1BNYlIyaEJMcFJOdVdueTFaQUwzWFVLY0ZhRy1xcUp0dDZCSExYcV9mb05QdUdjOWp2RE0xNDJYcWhCdkdiS2F1aDZHTE9qWV90MnQwYWpPS2ZOSmNVa3gzM1hZcTZhdEJKWmsyWW1uSmJEZlZzWFg5OFl4YVdqQmpCT3RqanRrcUMyRlNiRkdCRGtWanhDc1RCR3FfSTJPeEJFUzJrejVQWkh5NGxIc2NPVzJ6M2FXdGpOeG45UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bombshell Serena Williams rumour explodes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOUnBka2prUFFLUjk4TUlSWUhSQ3hsZkh0UThFUjFDbU9VbjRCajdJM2Z5LVFSbG5DQ3ZSZ0g2SGwtZUl6UldTNENtZ1JhWFZ1ZldIM2hrV3ZmbV85ZTVqVW1pZzliLTB1YjROcG1rMXp6OFFmME9GMVN1blVScmRaSk1WZFJLd2t1MENuZF93RlkwOHFSZk04cEp6M09aX21YcU81TDJROVQzN0xCQnp5UlNXNFNWRlQtZXdxX0pkYmV0ak0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Serena Williams announces return to tennis at Queen\u2019s Club<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZEFVX3lxTFBkb1ZjbTg0WG04dUtJbmM5alBXQnBhbGlsTlVXQWlra0k1TVE5RUZ2R1RuTlFTYWkxNWRoUkNqRG1iaGZoNmF0RERENXNTblVrMER6T3ZjbldJOEhxYkpvODgtUFA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Serena Williams in discussions to return at Queen&#8217;s in doubles in June<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams is returning to pro tennis at age 44 after nearly 4 years away from the sport&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffAfter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,43,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-455898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}