PARMA, Italy (AP) — Serena Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma starting this weekend.
The move came immediately after
https://apnews.com/article/tennis-sports-8e937d6b15351226e17433d7c98db44e in straight sets to Nadia Podoroska at the Italian Open on Wednesday in her first match in nearly three months.
"Maybe I do need a few more matches, so I'm going to try to figure that out with my coach and my team and see what we would like to do," Williams said after losing to Podoroska, a semifinalist at last year's French Open. "I have been training for months, but it feels definitely different on clay to make that last adjustment."
https://apnews.com/article/serena-williams-french-open-australian-open-tennis-sports-4ee95ce3800f5259b1c6825bcc863483 for the French Open, which starts at the end of the month.
Venus Williams, Serena's sister, also accepted a wild-card invitation, organizers said.
