Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.<\/p>\n
The move comes after the 44-year-old Williams recently returned to competition<\/a> in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.<\/p>\n And it means that Williams will play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon after already accepting\u00a0a wild card for the doubles competition with older sister Venus.<\/a><\/p>\n Serena’s last singles match was a loss to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open<\/a>. At the time, she said she didn’t want to use the word “retiring” and instead declared that she was “evolving” away from tennis<\/a>.<\/p>\n Serena has won 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, including seven at Wimbledon. She’s also won 14 Grand Slams in doubles, all with Venus, and six of them at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Wimbledon starts June 29.<\/p>\n Serena won a doubles match with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen’s Club last week but then the pair had to withdraw after Mboko injured her knee in a singles match.<\/p>\n In another doubles match at the Berlin Open on Tuesday, Serena and partner Karolina Muchova were beaten by Giuliana Olmos and Erin Routliffe.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n \n Go deeper with The Free Press\n <\/p>\n