Serena Williams makes her long-awaited grand slam return this afternoon as the seven-time Wimbledon champion takes on Harmony Tan on Center Court today.
It comes 12 months after Williams last played a singles match, which ended in tears when the 23-grand slam champion tore her hamstring in the opening round of last year’s Wimbledon.
The 40-year-old Williams received a shock wildcard for the main draw after she made her return to the court alongside Ons Jabeur in the Eastbourne doubles last week.
Williams received a kind opening draw against French wildcard Tan, who is ranked 115th in the world. “Every match is hard,” Williams said. “Every match. You can’t underestimate anyone or any match any day. Anyone could have been drawn to me.”
Here’s everything you need to know.
What time is Serena Williams’s match today?
Serena Williams’ match is last on Center Court on Tuesday meaning it is unlikely to start before 5.30pm at the very earliest.
How can I watch Wimbledon on TV and is there a live stream?
The BBC will once again be providing full coverage of Wimbledon, in what is Sue Barker’s final year of presenting the Championships. Coverage will begin on BBC Two at 11am BST on the first two days of play, with BBC One then starting from 1:45pm. The action will also be available to watch on the BBC iPlayer while the BBC Sport website will be showing action from around the grounds. Today at Wimbledon presented by Clare Balding will round up the best of the action each night at 8:30pm on BBC Two.
Wimbledon full order of play for day two
CENTER COURT – 1:30PM
1. Iga Swiatek v. Jana Fett
2. Francisco Cerundolo vs. Rafael Nadal
3. Serena Williams v. Harmony Tan
NO.1 COURT – 1:00PM
1. Matteo Berrettini v Cristian Garin
Not Before: 2:30pm
2. Tamara Korpatsch vs. Heather Watson
3. Karolina Muchova vs. Simona Halep
4. Alexander Ritschard v Stefanos Tsitsipas
NO.2 COURT – 11:00AM
1. Steve Johnson vs. Grigor Dimitrov
2. Coco Gauff v Elena-Gabriela Ruse
3. Jasmine Paolini v Petra Kvitova
4. Jason Kubler vs. Daniel Evans
NO.3 COURT – 11:00AM
1. Maria Sakkari v Zoe Hives
2. Paul Jubb vs. Nick Kyrgios
3. Felix Auger-Aliassime v Maxime Cressy
4. Garbine Muguruza v. Greet Minnen
Not Before: 5:00pm
5. Tereza Martincova v Karolina Pliskova
COURT 12 – 11:00AM
1. Ryan Peniston vs. Henri Laaksonen
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Belinda Bencic vs. Qiang Wang
3. Paula Badosa vs. Louisa Chirico
4. Zizou Bergs v. Jack Draper
5. Lorenzo Musetti vs. Taylor Fritz
COURT 18 – 11:00AM
1. Marta Kostyuk vs. Katie Swan
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Jay Clarke vs. Christian Harrison
3. Alex De Minaur v Hugo Dellien
4. Stefan Kozlov vs. Diego Schwartzman
5. Clara Burel v. Katie Boulter
Not Before: 5:00pm
6. Rebeka Masarova v. Harriet Dart
COURT 4 – 11:00AM
1. Mihaela Buzarnescu v Nastasja Schunk
2. Pedro Martinez v Alex Molcan
3. Feliciano Lopez v Botic Van De Zandschulp
4. Camila Giorgi vs. Magdalena Frech
COURT 5 – 11:00AM
1. Claire Liu v Nuria Parrizas Diaz
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Carlos Taberner v. Reilly Opelka
3. Sam Querrey v Ricardas Berankis
4. Filip Krajinovic v Jiri Lehecka
5. Rebecca Peterson v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
COURT 6 – 11:00AM
1. Daria Saville v Viktoriya Tomova
2. Zdenek Kolar v Benjamin Bonzi
3. Irina Bara v Chloe Packet
4. Dennis Novak vs. Facundo Bagnis
COURT 7 – 11:00AM
1. Marc-Andrea Huesler v Hugo Grenier
2. Kirsten Flipkens v Jaimee Fourlis
3. Brandon Nakashima vs. Nicola Kuhn
4. Shelby Rogers vs. Petra Martic
COURT 8 – 11:00AM
1. Viktorija Golubic v Andrea Petkovic
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Daniel Altmaier vs. Mikael Ymer
3. Xinyu Wang v Amanda Anisimova
4. Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Jordan Thompson
5. Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Dominik Koepfer
COURT 9 – 11:00AM
1. Yanina Wickmayer v Lin Zhu
2. Madison Brengle vs. Lauren Davis
3. Alexei Popyrin v Hugo Gaston
4. Attila Balazs vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
COURT 10 – 11:00AM
1. Alize Cornet v Yulia Putintseva
2. Mikhail Kukushkin v. Jenson Brooksby
3. Lorenzo Sonego vs. Denis Kudla
4. Kristina Kucova v Laura Pigossi
COURT 11 – 11:00AM
1. Taro Daniel v Sebastian Baez
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Astra Sharma vs. Tatjana Maria
3. Nuno Borges vs. Mackenzie McDonald
4. Sara Sorribes Tormo v. Christina McHale
5. Coco Vandeweghe vs. Elena Rybakina
COURT 14 – 11:00AM
1. David Goffin vs. Radu Albot
2. Jil Teichmann v Ajla Tomljanovic
3. Ana Bogdan v Dayana Yastremska
4. Alastair Gray v. Chun-Hsin Tseng
Not Before: 5:00pm
5. Emina Bektas v Bianca Andreescu
COURT 15 – 11:00AM
1. Shuai Zhang v. Misaki Doi
2. Joao Sousa vs. Richard Gasquet
3. Emil Ruusuvuori v Yoshihito Nishioka
4. Qinwen Zheng vs. Sloane Stephens
COURT 16 – 11:00AM
1. Catherine Harrison v Arantxa Rus
2. Sonay Kartal v Danka Kovinic
3. Bernabe Zapata Miralles v Jack Sock
4. Denis Shapovalov v. Arthur Rinderknech
COURT 17 – 11:00AM
1. Oceane Dodin v Jelena Ostapenko
2. Maryna Zanevska v. Barbora Krejcikova
3. Holger Rune v Marcos Giron
4. Liam Broady vs. Lukas Klein
Not Before: 5:00pm
5. Donna Vekic v Jessica Pegula
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