{"id":4646,"date":"2026-07-01T12:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:34:59","slug":"serena-williams-tweaked-her-knee-during-wimbledon-return-at-age-44-agent-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4646","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams tweaked her knee during Wimbledon return at age 44, agent says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Serena Williams tweaked her right knee at Wimbledon during her first singles match in nearly four years but still hopes to play doubles with sister Venus, her agent said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4644\">Zelenskyy says Ukraine hits a Russian oil refinery for the second time in a week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old Williams did not ask for medical treatment during a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 loss to 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in the first round on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion who won seven of her titles at Wimbledon, did not meet with media after the match.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4642\">Creedmoor police transfer 911 services to Granville County, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerena tweaked her right knee at the end of the first set and was therefore excused from her media obligations by the Wimbledon and WTA medical teams,\u201d said Jill Smoller, Williams\u2019 agent. \u201cShe left site that night unaided and is doing everything she can to be ready for her doubles match later this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serena received wild card invitations from Wimbledon organizers to play both singles and doubles with Venus.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4640\">Naomi Osaka shows off another fashion creation as 2nd round gets under way at Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Serena Williams tweaked her right knee at Wimbledon during her first singles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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