Serena Williams yeej muaj yeej hauv Doubles Match tom qab noj ze li ib xyoos tawm

Serena Williams rov qab mus rau lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob tesniv hnub Tuesday tom qab ze li ib xyoos ntawm kev ua si uas nws tau ua rau ntau tshaj 20 xyoo.

Serena, tam sim no ib tug 40-xyoo-laus niam uas tshwm sim muaj 23 Grand Slam singles titles, zoo li rusty pib. Nws txoj kev txav tau tsawg dua qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau lub sijhawm. Tab sis thaum qhov kev sib tw tau dai rau hauv qhov sib npaug, Williams yog tus neeg tsim ntau tshaj plaws ntawm lub tsev hais plaub thaum nws thiab tus khub Ons Jabeur yeej tshaj Sara Sorribes Tormo thiab Marie Bouzková, 2-6, 6-3, 13-11, ntawm Eastbourne.

Lawv tau nce mus rau hnub Wednesday lub quarter kawg tawm tsam Shuko Aoyama thiab Chan Hao-ching (11:50 sawv ntxov ET, Tennis Channel).

Williams tau xaiv rov qab ua ob zaug nkaus xwb ntawm Eastbourne ua ntej pib lub lim tiam tom ntej ntawm Wimbledon, qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg uas nws ua si hauv 2021 thiab qhov chaw uas nws raug mob ceg uas ua rau nws tawm mus rau lwm lub xyoo. Kev kos rau Wimbledon yog hnub Friday thiab tsis muaj leej twg hauv cov poj niam qhov kev ua si yuav xav pom Serena tsis muaj noob nyob rau hauv lawv seem ntawm qhov kos.

"Auj kuv tus Vajtswv, nws lom zem heev ua si nrog Ons," Serena hais ntawm Eastbourne. "Nws zoo heev, peb muaj kev lom zem heev. Peb cov neeg sib tw ua si zoo kawg nkaus, peb tsuas yog sim nyob hauv qhov ntawd tom qab thawj zaug. "

Nws yog ib qho kev yeej zoo uas tau muab rau Sorribes Tormo nyob rau hauv qeb duas 48 hauv ntiaj teb hauv ob npaug thiab Bouzková 32. Serena, tam sim no No. Jabeur yog ranked 1204 nyob rau hauv singles, tab sis 14 nyob rau hauv doubles, thiab hais tias nws "tsis ntseeg" uas Serena xaiv los koom tes nrog nws. Jabeur ua si ob npaug rau lub lim tiam dhau los hauv Berlin nrog Garbine Muguruza los xyaum.

“Nws lom zem heev. Kuv ntshai me ntsis ua ntej ua si nrog cov lus dab neeg zoo li no, "Jabeur hais. "Tab sis nws tau ua rau kuv zoo nyob rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub thiab txawm tias thaum kuv ua yuam kev, nws tseem txhawb nqa kuv ua tsaug rau qhov ntawd."

"Tau kawg, peb tau txais qhov no," Serena hais.

Williams ntsia rusty pib thiab nws lub zog tsis muaj zog. Tseem raws li qhov kev sib tw hnav, nws cov ko taw thiab tes tau txhim kho thiab nws tau ua ntau yam zoo thiab muab tso rau ntawm lub vas, txawm tias tsawg kawg yog ib tus neeg sib tw khiav hla nws lub taub hau. Nws qhov kev pabcuam, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv nws lub arsenal, mus txog 114-mph thaum nws sib xyaw hauv kev ncaws pob ua haujlwm hloov pauv.

"Yuav kom ua tau zoo ntawm Wimbledon, kuv xav tias qhov no yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev kom yeej, kom dhau, thiab kom tau tsawg kawg ib qho kev sib tw ntxiv vim peb pom tias hauv txhua qhov kev ua si uas dhau mus, txhua qhov kev pabcuam uas Serena yuav tsum tau ua. los tuav, nws tau zoo dua, "tus qub ntiaj teb No. 1 Tracy Austin tau hais hauv Tennis Channel.

“Tsib caug-ib lub lis piam yog lub sij hawm ntev yuav tsum nyob deb. Raws li tus ntaus pob tesniv, yog tias koj tawm plaub lub lis piam, koj xav tias xeb. Thiab ntawm 40, nws tsis yooj yim dua. Yog li kuv xav tias qhov no yog qhov tseem ceeb. Thiab rau Ons, nws tsuas yog xav tau sijhawm ntau ntxiv hauv tsev hais plaub. "

Tam sim no Williams thiab Jabeur yuav tau txais tsawg kawg ib qho kev sib tw ua ntej ob leeg ua si ntawm Wimbledon. Kev kos tawm los rau hnub Friday thiab txhua tus yuav tos saib seb Serena tsaws qhov twg.

Austin tau hais tias "Peb yuav saib qhov ntawd nrog kev ua tsis taus pa vim tias yog ib tus neeg uas tsis muaj noob, qhov ntawd yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb heev," Austin tau hais.