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Serena Williams is ending a year-long Grand Slam hiatus on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2022. Why has the tennis superstar been seen wearing face tape?

She's tied with Steffi Graf for the second-most Wimbledon singles titles in her career, trailing record-holder Martina Navritilova, who has nine. Wimbledon and the French Open, it's not easy." Play can continue until a curfew at 11 p.m (6 p.m. ET, 8 a.m. AEST). The Sporting News explains why. The pair were unable to compete in the final four because Jabeur had a knee injury but Williams had proved a huge hit in her first matches since tearing her hamstring at Wimbledon 2021. Williams wore the tape to help her performances when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne.

SERENA WILLIAMS is due to take on France's Harmony Tan this afternoon - but why does Williams wear stickers on her face when she plays?

Fans may notice stickers on Williams' face today - but why does she wear them? Why is Serena Williams wearing face stickers? What time is Serena Williams playing today? The Times reported this is due to a sinus problem Williams has struggled with for a long time. Why is Serena Williams wearing face stickers? SERENA WILLIAMS is due to take on France's Harmony Tan this afternoon - but why does Williams wear stickers on her face when she plays?

Legendary tennis champion Serena Williams is back on the court at Wimbledon 2022 after a long absence due to injury. It was previously thought the top ...

"It's not easy to play when you have all this pressure. Legendary tennis champion Serena Williams is back on the court at Wimbledon 2022 after a long absence due to injury. Her return is one of the most anticipated early highlights of this year's tournament.

SERENA WILLIAMS is back in action at Wimbledon as SW19's wild-card entry.The American idol, 40, has won the women's singles at the All England Club se.

Playing tennis or pretty much doing anything every day is not easy when you have sinuses." That's not fun at all, especially against her, she's so tough." The legendary tennis star said: "My secret's out.

Why is Serena Williams wearing black tape on her face at Wimbledon 2022? It could have to do with sinus problems.

A report from The Timesclaims this is due to a longstanding sinus problem, and the tape plays a crucial role in relieving the symptoms. Williams spoke about playing with the condition in 2007 and said at the time in quotes published by the Edinburgh Evening News: “I’m a sinus sufferer. Well, we’re sort of here to help.

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The tape is meant to relieve pressure and pain from the condition. Playing tennis or pretty much doing anything every day is not easy when you have sinuses. According to The Times, this is due to a longstanding sinus problem the player has.

Wimbledon is in progress and people are wondering what the story is behind the black tape on Serena Williams face.

After being away from competition for a leg injury, Williams is back, hoping to clinch her 24th career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. She started wearing the tape when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne, where unfortunately her teammate Ons Jabeur’s injury kept the pair from finishing. Williams' match against France’s Harmony Tan is in progress.

The former world number one has been playing on centre court and many have spotted her wearing black tape on her face.

The use of the tape on her face is likely helping open her sinuses. Sharing her own tips on treating sinuses, Serena Williams said "To avoid some of the trouble, it’s important not to use so much ice in your beverages. Medical tape is something that is now used in many sports to help athletes with a variety of physical problems, it can help with strains and spraints, as well as various muscle ailments.

Wimbledon is in progress and people are wondering what the story is behind the black tape on Serena Williams' face.

After being away from competition for a leg injury, Williams is back, hoping to clinch her 24th career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. She started wearing the tape when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne, where unfortunately her teammate Ons Jabeur’s injury kept the pair from finishing. According to The Times, the small sections of medical tape on her face are proposed to relieve the eight-time Wimbledon singles champion’s sinus problems.

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Despite her uncertainty, Williams did say that a tight defeat in her first match back motivated her to return to the practice court and to improve for the US Open to come. But she first lost her 3-1 lead, then she served for the match and Tan wrestled it from her with a backhand passing shot. But time comes for us all, and in a torrid evening on Centre Court showed the challenge before her in the final chapter of her career. In terms of ranking and experience, the world No 115 Tan was one of the better draws Williams could have received. Rusty and short of confidence against a player who gave her none, Williams recovered from a set down and fought her heart out before falling in the first round 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7) to France’s Harmony Tan. She underwent knee surgery in 2003, yet within a year of her return she was a grand slam champion again.

It was the first singles match for Williams since she tore her right hamstring during the opening set of the first round at Wimbledon in 2021.

Ultimately, though, she lost to the steadiness of the daughter of Cambodian and Vietnamese parents, a player coached by 1998 Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat, and a player who improved her lifetime match record at Grand Slam tournaments to 3-6, set against that of Williams, which stands at 365-55. Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. The match showcased her rustiness (54 unforced errors), her everlasting brilliance (61 winners) and the guttural screams that long have helped her find her inner Serena Williams. It showed her fight in the utmost when she prevailed through a monster of a 12-deuce, 30-point second game of the second set, taking on momentum there. As Tan peppered the court with drop shots as if by ancient text of how to play someone with 40-year-old legs, she forced Williams to elevate, and elevate Williams did. She lost an advantage after she led 3-1 in the third set.

Serena Williams was unable to summon the old magic as her Wimbledon return ended in a first-round defeat to little-known Frenchwoman Harmony Tan on Centre ...

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android The 42-year-old American is a five-time singles champion at the All England Club and won the doubles with her sister Serena on six occasions but she last played on the WTA Tour in August last year and has since been sidelined with a leg injury. The 18-year-old American is the youngest player in the singles draw and after her runner-up finish at the French Open this month, many are tipping her to go all the way at the All England Club.

Williams, who had not competed in singles on tour since withdrawing from Wimbledon last year with an injury, lost in three sets to Harmony Tan of France.

Williams served for the match at 5-4 and was two points from victory at 30-15 only to lose the next three points and her serve when she hit an unconvincing forehand approach shot that Tan slapped past her for a backhand winner. That was certainly understandable in light of her long layoff, and the crowd reacted with awkward silence at first. Tauziat understood the importance of keeping Williams out of her prime hitting zones and of keeping her on the move. She also looked as tight as piano wire, struggling to let her natural power flow and missing swing volleys and approach shots by the bunch while laboring to move laterally. It was a ragged but ultimately admirable performance as she tried to shake off the rust and solve the myriad riddles posed by Tan, who had watched Williams only from afar until their duel. But at least she can leave the All England Club with a less painful memory than what she took from last year’s Wimbledon, when she tore a hamstring after slipping in the first set of her first-round match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, hobbling off Centre Court in great distress. She then had to navigate the tiebreaker despite the weariness in her legs and the tension in her gaze. Williams and her player box full of family, friends and team members, including her new coach Eric Hechtman, were not able to celebrate. She won two sets instead, turning what could have been a feel-good story for Williams into a narrow defeat that will repose the question of how much more professional tennis Williams intends to play. Williams dominated the second set but Tan fought back in the third while Williams’s level and energy dipped even if her fighting spirit did not. “When I saw the draw I was really scared, because it’s Serena,” said Tan, 24. Her grueling duel with Tan was a stylistic contrast that lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes.

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"I think I'm pretty solid on the grass," she said. "When I saw the draw, I was really scared," she said after the match. for close to a year at Eastbourne last week, partnering with Ons Jabeur in the doubles event. "For my first Wimbledon -- it's wow. Swiatek, meanwhile, dominated the first set against Fett in her first match since the French Open, but had to overcome a tough period in the second when Fett came close to securing a double break. She was a break up in the third, but Tan showed her resilience by fighting back to take a thrilling final set in a nail-biting tie break.

Serena Williams lost in her first singles match in 364 days, outlasted by 115th-ranked Frenchwoman Harmony Tan 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 in the Wimbledon first round.

Asked if there’s any part of her that wants to play the U.S. Open in two months, she said, “That being the first place I’ve won a Grand Slam [in 1999], is something that’s always super special. Tan went up a mini break at 8-6 in the tiebreak, then served it out. This time around, even though I’m considered a favorite, I don’t feel like it as much as I did when I was 15 or even 16. I feel like I learned so much not to put pressure on now, now, now. Asked if she’s OK if this is her last memory at Wimbledon, she said, “Obviously not. “I feel like I’m a lot more relaxed than when I was considered the sensation,” Gauff said before the tournament.

Playing her first singles match for a year, Williams fell to a 7-5 1-6 7-6 (7) defeat.

With darkness closing in, a brief pause for the roof to be closed worked in Williams’ favour. She cut out some of the errors, and the shrieking, and set about retrieving the deficit, breaking Tan in the second game of the set after a remarkable run of 12 deuces. Williams was rusty in the extreme in the first two games, her footwork leaden and her ball-striking wayward, but she gradually began to find some rhythm.

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A double fault from Tan immediately sets up another but she corrects her mistake with a huge serve to get back to deuce. Williams get to break point but loses two points in a row and it's suddenly set point for the world No 115. Williams refuses to go down without a fight and forces an error from Tan as the Frenchwoman attempts to serve out the set. Firing a huge return at her opponent, she sends another booming forehand down the court that Tan can't get anything on. She expertly saves it with her third ace but Tan plays a perfect lob to set up another break point. Her fourth break point is saved by a Tan winner once again and Williams can't capitalise on a second serve as he return goes wide to give her opponent a game point. But 40-year-old quickly pressures the Frenchwoman's serve with an overhead winner to lead 15-30. She chases down another Tan drop shot but the umpire calls "not up". It's a third chance for the American after an error from Tan but Williams is left looking bewildered as it's saved by a winner. Williams completes an easy hold to extend her lead in this second set to 5-0 with the comeback well and truly on. The Centre Court crowd cheers as the lights are turned off for this match to continue into the evening. The American legend only recently returned after 12 months out and is playing in her first Grand Slam since her unfortunate exit at Wimbledon last time around.

Seven-time champion Serena Williams suffered a shock first-round defeat against French woman Harmony Tan in a late-night epic at Wimbledon.

With darkness closing in, a brief pause for the roof to be closed worked in Williams' favour. But Halep was relentless, converting a third with a volley into the open court as she closed in on victory. Halep broke serve in the third game and again in the ninth to take an opening set in which she did not face a break point. She cut out some of the errors, and the shrieking, and set about retrieving the deficit, breaking Tan in the second game of the set after a remarkable run of 12 deuces. She had three break points to make it 4-1, but Swiatek escaped and that was the end of it, as the Pole quickly rattled off five games in a row to continue her invincible streak. Williams was rusty in the extreme in the first two games, her footwork leaden and her ball-striking wayward, but she gradually began to find some rhythm.

Williams was beaten in her first singles match for a year but did not rule out coming back to Wimbledon.

“When you’re at home, especially in New York, and the US Open, that being the first place I’ve won a grand slam, is something that’s always super special. “But today I gave all I could do. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Asked if she could be satisfied with Tuesday’s loss being her final Wimbledon memory, she said: “Obviously not. “It definitely makes me want to hit the practice courts,” she said. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of them, but obviously not enough.”

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Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android But today was what I could do. Asked if she could be satisfied with Tuesday's loss being her final Wimbledon memory, she said: "Obviously not. "But today I gave all I could do. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of them, but obviously not enough." Who knows where I'll pop up."

Williams was beaten in her first singles match for a year but did not rule out coming back to Wimbledon.

“But today I gave all I could do. But today was what I could do. “When you’re at home, especially in New York, and the US Open, that being the first place I’ve won a grand slam, is something that’s always super special. Asked if she could be satisfied with Tuesday’s loss being her final Wimbledon memory, she said: “Obviously not. “It definitely makes me want to hit the practice courts,” she said. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of them, but obviously not enough.”

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In the men's second round today, top seed Novak Djokovic opens up Centre Court against Thanasi Kokkinakis. 2017 champion Garbine Muguruza will resume today a set down to Greet Minnen in her first round match. Tan's reward is a second round meeting with Sara Sorribes-Tormo.

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Outside of her desire to play at home, Williams brushed aside questions about her future. "That's a question I can't answer," she said. "Like, I don't know. But ultimately, it was the lack of match play that proved to be the difference in the match. "I think if you're playing week in, week out, or even every three weeks, every four weeks, there's a little bit more match toughness," Williams said. "Your first time is always special.

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Williams packed up her bags, waved to the crowd, and then, in an interview room a little while later, said the idea of playing in New York at the U.S. Open later in the summer, after some time on the practice courts, carried plenty of appeal. “Just being here shows that she has a lot of love for her work and for this game. “The only thing that shows is passion and love for the game,” Nadal said of her comeback attempt. There were flashbacks on Tuesday. Williams surged to an early lead in the deciding set, then minutes later, she was fighting, down a game, though on serve, against the 115th-ranked player in the world, a 24-year-old who grew up watching her on television. But in the tiebreaker, she frittered away prosperity once more, allowing a 4-0 lead to become a 9-7 deficit. The Serena Williams of the past two decades has been so much more than a gifted athlete who knew what to do with 11 ounces of carbon fiber in her right hand. “I think it’s great that we have her back,” said Maria Sakkari of Greece, who called Williams a great role model. In addition to her usual slew of sponsors, Williams announced earlier this year that her early-stage venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, has raised an inaugural fund of $111 million to invest in founders with diverse points of view and backgrounds. Williams must, too, just as she did against Tan, a part of a deeper-than-ever WTA Tour where anyone can beat, or lose, to anyone else. For the better part of two decades, Williams dominated her sport unlike anyone else. A feathery drop shot late in the third set showed the touch that appears infrequently now. She became a successful businesswoman and a mother.

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Ahead of Wimbledon, Williams reflected on how tennis is no longer her sole focus in life. "That wasn't surprising for me because I knew I was doing that well. "The US Open -- that being the first place I've won a grand slam -- is something that's always super special," Williams added. But I'm moving well, I'm getting a lot of balls back. I definitely had to try to find my rhythm out there. Tuesday's match was a clear contrast in styles.

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"That’s a question I can’t answer," she said. Maybe a week ago I could have gave more. "Maybe tomorrow I could have gave more.