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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Serena Williams<\/strong><\/a> is returning to tennis.<\/p>\n The 44-year-old tennis icon announced her return on Monday (June 1).<\/p>\n \u201cTHE QUEEN RETURNS Serena Williams<\/strong> is BACK & set for doubles at the #HSBCChampionships<\/a>!\u201d the HSBC Championships account wrote on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n The Queen\u2019s Club Championships are starting on Saturday (June 6) at West Kensington in London, England. She is set to appear in the doubles tournament.<\/p>\n \n<\/center><\/p>\n In a video posted to social media, Serena<\/strong> teases her return by getting a bunch of calls and texts, saying \u201cI gotta change my number.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cGuess everybody heard the news,\u201d the screen reads. <\/p>\n \u201cGood news travels fast,\u201d she captioned the post.<\/p>\n Serena <\/strong>never formally announced her retirement, although it\u2019s been three years since her last match, losing in the US Open to Australia\u2019s Ajla Tomljanovi?<\/strong>. <\/p>\n She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women\u2019s singles by the WTA for 319 weeks, the third-most of all time, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.<\/p>\n The tennis superstar\u00a0explained last year<\/a>\u00a0that after she gave birth, she found it hard to get back to the weight she \u201cneeded to be.\u201d Find out what she said about her weight loss journey.<\/a><\/p>\n Posted To:Serena Williams<\/a> Sports<\/a> Tennis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n