Serena won the first match after 430 days
The last victory of the American tennis player was in the third round of Roland Garros 2021. Serena then rested for more than a year, then returned to play in Wimbledon last month but lost the opening match.
Serena became the female player who won the most matches in Rogers Cup, with 35 matches. She played the tournament in the tournament 22 years ago and won three times. The last time Serena attended the Rogers Cup was 2019, when she reached the final but had to give up due to injury.
Serena likes to win like the end of the career tunnel. She said: "That light is my freedom. I like playing and winning is always great. Of course, I can't play forever. This is the moment I want to enjoy and do the best possible things For the rest of the career ".
Since 2000, only three people before Serena attended the main round in a WTA Tour Tour Tours similar to Rogers Cup, Martina Navratilova, Kimiko Date Krumm and Venus Williams. Serena's sister will play the opening match today.
Serena will turn 41 next month. She holds 23 Grand Slam women, the second most history and a record in the opening era of both men and women. The three men Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are behind Serena in this statistics. Since the coronation in Australia expanded 2017, Serena lost four Grand Slam finals.