The American Serena Williams and the Australian Serena Williams returned to tennis and in a winning way, at the grass WTA tournament in London and the ATP tournament in Stuttgart.
31-year-old Nick Kyrgios, who during 2026, received an invitation from the organizers of the tournament in Stuttgart. played only one matchat the very beginning of the year in Brisbane. In total, he played only seven matches from 2023 until this Tuesday, but he successfully returned to the field.
In the first round of Stuttgart, the Australian outplayed the French quite easily, 6-3, 6-4 Corentin Moutetathe 36th tennis player in the world. The next opponent of Kyrgios will be the Japanese Shimabukuro who was better than the Frenchman Halys with 6-4, 6-2.
During his career, Kyrgios achieved his greatest success on grass when he played in the Wimbledon final in 2022, in which he was defeated by Novak Djokovic.
Back like he never left 🙂↕️
Kyrgios records his first grass court win since Wimbledon 2022 with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Moutet!@boss__open | #BOSSOpen pic.twitter.com/nzhfkROGdE
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 9, 2026
After almost four years of hiatus the 44-year-old played tennis at a professional level Serena Williams who is in London with her partner, a 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mbokoperformed in the first round of doubles. Serena and Mboko defeated American Melichar-Martinez and New Zealander Routliffe 7-6(2), 6-2.
During her incredible career, Serena Williams won 23 singles trophies at Grand Slam tournaments, and was also a 14-time doubles winner at four Grand Slam tournaments.
44-year-old Serena Williams made a winning start to her competitive tennis comeback in the doubles event at Queen’s, claiming her first professional victory in nearly four years 💪 pic.twitter.com/twV96k7rwf
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 9, 2026
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