{"id":461158,"date":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/461158\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","slug":"venus-williams-eight-word-reply-as-novak-djokovic-claims-serena-is-coming-back-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/461158\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams’ eight-word reply as Novak Djokovic claims Serena ‘is coming back’ | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venus Williams<\/a> has had her say as speculation around her sister Serena<\/a>\u2019s potential comeback grows. The 23-time Grand Slam champion re-entered the drug testing pool last year, a requirement for any retired player who wishes to get back on tour, and has been eligible to return to competition since February 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pick that one [Wimbledon] as well as her comeback, but yeah, I don’t know. I think she might maybe play a doubles tournament or two with Venus. That would be nice to see, just from my point of view and tennis fans, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venus, meanwhile, is still going strong on the tour. She returned from a 16-month hiatus last summer and has been playing a relatively frequent schedule in 2026. The former world No. 1 competed in Auckland, the Australian Open<\/a>, and Austin before heading to Indian Wells, where she suffered a three-set defeat to Diane Parry.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old has not entered the doubles draw in California, so there will be no Venus-Serena doubles just yet. And the elder Williams sister is keeping her cards close to her chest when it comes to Serena\u2019s will-she or won\u2019t-she return.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the tennis world would see her and Serena play doubles this year, Venus replied: \u201cI think you should definitely ask her that.\u201d Although the seven-time Grand Slam champion wasn\u2019t willing to give much away, she has already shared her hopes of seeing Serena back on the tour.<\/p>\n

During her comeback in Washington last year, Venus said: \u201cShe can take six months off, and she clocks it clean. You can’t teach that kind of talent. She’s just so good. I keep saying to my team, the only thing that would make this better is if she was here. Like, we always did everything together, so of course I miss her. But if she comes back, I’m sure she’ll let y’all know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venus might be hesitant to discuss Serena\u2019s potential comeback, but Djokovic believes it will happen \u2013 even if she\u2019s currently \u201chiding\u201d it.\u201d I think she’s coming back. I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to her, but I guess the sentiment is that she’s coming back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere and how, singles, doubles, we don’t know, and if I’m in her position, I would hide it too. Yeah, everybody is excited, and it’s definitely something that’s very highly anticipated. So, you know, let’s see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venus Williams has had her say as speculation around her sister Serena\u2019s potential comeback grows. The 23-time Grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[6766,9140,116189,137013,101,118,872,56,54,55,7511,144639],"class_list":["post-461158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-serena-williams","tag-serena-williams-comeback","tag-serena-williams-return","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-venus-williams","tag-williams-sisters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}