Serena Williams: American nice eligible to return on 22 February – Worldwide Dispatch

Serena Williams will probably be eligible to return to tennis from Sunday, 22 February – however it’s unclear if or when the American nice will make a comeback.

Williams’ identify appeared on the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) reinstatements record on Monday, that means she will enter tournaments from the date specified, the organisation confirmed to BBC Sport.

Nevertheless, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has not introduced an official return after ending her profession on the 2022 US Open.

BBC Sport has contacted Williams’ agent and the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) for remark.

Retired gamers might be reinstated and return to sanctioned occasions as soon as they’ve made themselves accessible for out-of-competition drug testing for at the very least six months.

In December, the ITIA confirmed to BBC Sport that Williams was again on the record of gamers registered for the drug testing pool.

As soon as a participant is within the pool, they have to let testers know the place they are going to be for one hour of day by day.

Hours later, Williams, 44, posted on social media: “I am NOT coming again. This wildfire is loopy.”

She then refused to rule out a comeback on the finish of January, telling the At this time Present: “I do not know, I am simply going to see what occurs.”