{"id":258875,"date":"2026-06-08T05:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/258875\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T05:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:17:10","slug":"serena-williams-treats-grass-like-home-as-comeback-gathers-momentum-at-queens-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/258875\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams treats grass like home as comeback gathers momentum at Queen\u2019s club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">Serena Williams sees grass as returning home as she prepares for a highly anticipated comeback, having been spotted training ahead of her return to competitive tennis. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has received a wild card for the women\u2019s doubles in London, where she will partner with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko Victoria Mboko. This will mark her first competitive appearance since her farewell at the 2022 US Open. Williams, who has nothing left to prove after one of the greatest careers in tennis history, said her return simply came down to a \u201cWhy not?\u201d attitude. She emphasized that she is playing without pressure or expectations, highlighting that the comeback is about enjoyment rather than results. Mboko has praised Williams\u2019 level in training, saying she is \u201chitting great,\u201d while Williams herself insists the return is purely about embracing the moment and seeing what comes next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams sees grass as returning home as she prepares for a highly anticipated comeback, having been spotted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-258875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}