Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : Serena Williams returns to the professional courts at the Queens Club following her last appearance at the US Open in 2022, and is now one of the wildcards selected to compete at the Wimbledon 2026 after appearing alongside her sister Venus Williams on the list.Serena Williams is to make her return to a Grand Slam for the first time in nearly four years after she was chosen as a wildcard to compete in the Wimbledon 2026. She will team up with her older sister Venus Williams in the women's doubles at the SW19 that gets underway in the summer on June 29.The 23-time Grand Slam winner will appear at a major for the first time in four years since her last outing at the US Open and while she refused to admit "retirement", claimed she was "evolving" from the game. Serena returned to action at Queens Club and managed to win the first round with her teenage doubles partner from Canada, Victoria Mboko, but her performance there was ended due to injury as Mboko withdrew with knee trouble. Serena will now participate in Grass Court Championships Berlin before she prepares for the grass-court major two weeks later.Stan Wawrinka gets singles wildcard as wellMeanwhile, Stan Wawrinka has been handed a wild card into the men's singles at Wimbledon 2026 where the Swiss star enters his final year. Three-time Grand Slam winner Wawrinka has been receiving emotional farewells in every major since it became known 2026 is the year that he will hang up his racquet after making last appearances in the Australian Open 2026 and the French Open 2026. He had a first round exit from Roland Garros against Jesper De Jong of Netherlands, losing in four sets in the second week of the tournament, before being knocked out by Taylor Fritz at the third round at Melbourne Park.Here are the wildcard entries for the Wimbledon 2026:Men's SinglesGrigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)Jacob Fearnley (Great Britain)Arthur Fery (Great Britain)Jack Pinnington Jones (Great Britain)Toby Samuel (Great Britain)Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)TBDTBDWomen's SinglesMaja Chwalinska (Poland)Harriet Dart (Great Britain)Alicia Dudeney (Great Britain)Hannah Klugman (Great Britain)Katie Swan (Great Britain)Mimi Xu (Great Britain)TBDMen's DoublesAlexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) and Nick Kyrgios (Australia)Daniel Evans (Great Britain) and Henry Searle (Great Britain)Ben Jones (Great Britain) and Joshua Paris (Great Britain)Johannus Monday (Great Britain) and Harry Wendelken (Great Britain)David Stevenson (Great Britain) and Marcus Willis (Great Britain)TBDTBDWomen's DoublesKatie Boulter (Great Britain) and Heather Watson (Great Britain)Madeleine Brooks (Great Britain) and Amelia Rajecki (Great Britain)Jodie Burrage (Great Britain) and Mika Stojsavljevic (Great Britain)Freya Christie (Great Britain) and Eden Silva (Great Britain)Harriet Dart (Great Britain) and Maia Lumsden (Great Britain)Alicia Dudeney (Great Britain) and Mimi Xu (Great Britain)Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA)
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