Serena Williams has moved a step closer to a potential tennis comeback after being cleared by the sport's drug-testing authority to return to competition later this month. When it was revealed last year that she had signed up with the International Tennis Integrity Agency, Williams wrote on social media: 'Omg y'all I'm NOT coming back. Yet six months after registering, the tennis icon was listed on ITIA's reinstatement page Monday, as first reported by Bounces. Williams, one of the greats of the game, has not competed since bidding farewell at the 2022 US Open. At the US Open, Venus became the oldest player to play singles at the American Grand Slam tournament since 1981.

Source: Daily Mail February 09, 2026 21:26 UTC