Serena Williams has made it official that she will play at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati.
The American reappeared at Wimbledon after a year where she was injured on that same stage. She was noted to have quite a lack of rhythm and she faced a Harmony Tan who ended up doing a very good tournament at the All England Tennis Club. Despite the fact that some are reluctant that she can reach the Grand Slam 24 at 41 years old, Serena Williams has opted for a preparation in which she wants to reach the US Open in the best possible way.
Serena present in Cincinnati
It’s the first time since 2015 that is going to chain the tournaments of Canada and Cincinnati to be able to tackle the US Open. A situation that shows his ambition on his return to competition. He knows what it’s like to win these tournaments twice each, but he’s never been able to get them both in the same season.
In 2014 and 2015 it was when he came out with the crown in Cincinnati getting a streak of 11 consecutive victories. His victims were Samantha Stosur, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Jankovic, Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic in 2014 and Tsvetana Pironkova, Karin Knapp, Ana Ivanovic, Elina Svitolina and Simona Halep in 2015. Three years later, in the 2018 season she returned to the Western and Southern Championship and having beaten Daria Saville in her first match, they finished her victories against Petra Kvitova. Her next and last tournament was in 2020 where she beat the fighter Arantxa Rus in a very tough and tight duel and then fell to Maria Sakkari.
Those two American titles and the final played in 2013 came as No.1. Now the situation is very different Serena Williams has wanted to address the situation and her confirmation that she will play at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati is on the table.
