“It’s never been done before so if there is anyone who could do it, it would be me,” Williams told reporters ahead of her showdown with fellow wildcard Elina Svitolina.
Following an appearance in Auckland in January, she took time off for six months to recover from a hamstring injury and has played only three matches on grass, arriving at the All England Club with a rank of 554. Of those three matches, her only win came against Camila Giorgi — a former Wimbledon quarter-finalist — in Birmingham.
Meanwhile, world number one and French Open champion Iga Swiatek also plays on the first day of the championships when she takes on China’s Zhu Lin in the first round.
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