Serena Williams on Maya Joint match and return to tennis

Here is the latest breaking news from around the world: 'It's nothing new and yet at the same time everything new'Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Serena Williams won seven of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at WimbledonByAmy LofthouseBBC Sport senior journalistPublished13 minutes agoFor Serena Williams, everything and nothing has changed on her return to Wimbledon. She is not the same woman who walked off Centre Court four years ago after a loss to Harmony Tan. Since evolving away and then back to tennis, she has had a second daughter, co-founded a National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team and danced at the Super Bowl.

Some of the faces that practise alongside her have changed. Even some of the grounds have changed, with Williams finding herself momentarily lost on her way to the media centre at Wimbledon. On Tuesday, the 44-year-old will play Maya Joint, 24 years her junior, in the third match on Centre Court - 1,396 days since she last played in the singles.

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No-one knows how it will go. But for the American great, just being on court is a success. "It's been a very easy retransition.

I'm back in the house that I stayed in several years," Williams told TV. "It's nothing too new, and at the same time it's everything new. "Success is just walking out there.

I never expected to be here. "Success is enjoying myself and sticking to my gameplan that my coach gives me, being disciplined - and that's what I'm trying to do. "Defending champion Sinner survives five-set scare Published12 hours agoStunned Norrie among 10 Britons to lose on day one Published10 hours agoWhy Wimbledon is fitting place for returnThe Williams sisters - who will team up again for the doubles here - are synonymous with Wimbledon.

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For a 19-year period, at least one Williams sister was in all but four singles finals at SW19. They won a combined 12 Wimbledon singles titles - seven for Serena and five for Venus - between 2000 and 2016. Elder sister Venus won it first.

Little sister Serena won it more. When they combined they were dominant, winning six women's doubles titles together. When they faced one another it was absorbing - two players who knew each other's games inside out, from years spent on the practice courts in Compton, California.

If you think of the Williams sisters you see them in the Wimbledon whites, moving around a grass court, two beautiful service motions, with athleticism, power, and touch at the net to boot. As Serena said - it is not every day Wimbledon holds a wildcard for someone. "I can name probably like a handful of people.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.