{"id":1815737,"date":"2026-03-09T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815737"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:00:26","slug":"serena-williams-set-a-golden-target-as-comeback-date-edges-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815737","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams set a golden target as comeback date edges closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Serena Williams set a golden target as comeback date edges closer<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Kevin 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               <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/serena-williams\">Serena Williams<\/a> is edging closer to her dramatic comeback to tennis, with the 44-year-old now eligible to make her return to tennis.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-time Grand Slam-winning legend re-entered the tennis doping programme at the back end of 2025 and she has been practising hard, according to sources, ahead of her comeback to the tour.<\/p>\n<p>There have been suggestions that Williams will look to play doubles with her sister Venus as part of her comeback plan, with former British player Naomi Broady suggesting she might have a long-term goal in mind.<\/p>\n<p>With Venus still playing on the WTA Tour, Broady floated the idea of the duo teaming up to play on home soil at the Los Angeles Olympics in two years time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the idea is to play doubles at the Olympics,\u201d Broady told Sky Sports. \u201cIt will be at home in LA.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/8-richest-tennis-players-world-roger-federer-novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-serena-williams\">The 8 richest tennis players in the world with Roger Federer the second to crack $1b milestone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/serena-williams-possible-comeback-events-former-coach-100-certain-return\">Serena Williams\u2019 possible comeback events after former coach says \u2018it\u2019s 100% certain\u2019 she will return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c14 Grand Slam doubles titles that Venus and Serena have won together. Imagine winning gold there and that is your goodbye to the sport. It would be a fairytale endin and if that is the plan, it is an early comeback as it\u2019s [Olympics] not for a few more years yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former British player Naomi Cavaday spoke to this website about Serena\u2019s comeback and she set her targets high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be quite a spectacle,\u201d said Cavaday, speaking exclusively to Tennis365 at a Sky Sports Tennis event in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever, wherever it happens, I mean, if she wants to play tournaments, we\u2019ll have her. I\u2019m fascinated by the motivation for it and to how it\u2019s going to go because the problem with Serena\u2019s record is that anything other than winning Slams will be seen as a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2029Maybe not as far as a failure, but when she came back from having a kid, I think making the finals was a success. No one saw it as a failure, but, you know, she\u2019s here to win Slam. So if she\u2019s coming back, everyone\u2019s going to be expecting her to be winning Slams, not losing quarters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s in a very different position than her sister Venus, who\u2019s clearly just playing because she enjoys it and doesn\u2019t really worry that she\u2019s losing in the first round a lot. But for Serena, I don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t know where this ends up if she loses early and she\u2019s not a threat and she\u2019s getting chewed up by players in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that happens, it\u2019s gonna be rough for her, but my expectations of what she can achieve are very high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2029I think her level walks to top 10, even after so long away and at her age. She might not necessarily get into the top 10 of the rankings as she probably won\u2019t play enough tournaments, but her level could be right there with top players quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you stick her against somebody ranked 20, I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll be a problem. She\u2019ll have the occasional difficulty, I\u2019m sure, along the way but outside of Aryna Sabalenka and [Elena] Rybakina, she will be fancy her chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoco Gauff is having a few problems, there is a lot of talk and around the issues in Iga Swiatek\u2019s team and that\u2019s gonna be going on throughout the whole season. Then I look at players like [Jasmine] Paolini and I think Serena would be able to beat players like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Williams\u2019 comeback date has yet to be confirmed, but there is a growing expectation that she will try and play at Wimbledon this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/emma-raducanu-sponsors-critics-mark-petchey\">Emma Raducanu: Why the critics are missing the point when they question the British No 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams set a golden target as comeback date edges closer Kevin Palmer 09 Mar 2026 10:00 AM Serena Williams on a talk show Serena Williams is edging closer to her dramatic comeback to tennis, with the 44-year-old now eligible to make her return to tennis. 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