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Serena Williams is ending a year-long Grand Slam hiatus on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2022. Why has the tennis superstar been seen wearing face tape?

She's tied with Steffi Graf for the second-most Wimbledon singles titles in her career, trailing record-holder Martina Navritilova, who has nine. Wimbledon and the French Open, it's not easy." Play can continue until a curfew at 11 p.m (6 p.m. ET, 8 a.m. AEST). The Sporting News explains why. The pair were unable to compete in the final four because Jabeur had a knee injury but Williams had proved a huge hit in her first matches since tearing her hamstring at Wimbledon 2021. Williams wore the tape to help her performances when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne.

SERENA WILLIAMS is due to take on France's Harmony Tan this afternoon - but why does Williams wear stickers on her face when she plays?

Fans may notice stickers on Williams' face today - but why does she wear them? Why is Serena Williams wearing face stickers? What time is Serena Williams playing today? The Times reported this is due to a sinus problem Williams has struggled with for a long time. Why is Serena Williams wearing face stickers? SERENA WILLIAMS is due to take on France's Harmony Tan this afternoon - but why does Williams wear stickers on her face when she plays?

Serena Williams returns to action at Wimbledon this year, following on from her appearance in the women's doubles at Eastbourne last week.

We know this in any sport, but especially in tennis, you have to be so focused and insular, you have to shut everything else out. "She is also a mum, and they are all distractions. The club broke the tradition, allowing players to go and break that court in so it’s not as greasy on the first day. "I don’t think she has played a lot. She has had the opportunity to go out onto Centre Court and test - which is something new. Once the lining swells, mucus cannot drain from your nose and throat correctly.

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A double fault from Tan immediately sets up another but she corrects her mistake with a huge serve to get back to deuce. Williams get to break point but loses two points in a row and it's suddenly set point for the world No 115. Williams refuses to go down without a fight and forces an error from Tan as the Frenchwoman attempts to serve out the set. Firing a huge return at her opponent, she sends another booming forehand down the court that Tan can't get anything on. She expertly saves it with her third ace but Tan plays a perfect lob to set up another break point. Her fourth break point is saved by a Tan winner once again and Williams can't capitalise on a second serve as he return goes wide to give her opponent a game point. But 40-year-old quickly pressures the Frenchwoman's serve with an overhead winner to lead 15-30. She chases down another Tan drop shot but the umpire calls "not up". It's a third chance for the American after an error from Tan but Williams is left looking bewildered as it's saved by a winner. Williams completes an easy hold to extend her lead in this second set to 5-0 with the comeback well and truly on. The Centre Court crowd cheers as the lights are turned off for this match to continue into the evening. The American legend only recently returned after 12 months out and is playing in her first Grand Slam since her unfortunate exit at Wimbledon last time around.

Why is Serena Williams wearing black tape on her face at Wimbledon 2022? It could have to do with sinus problems.

A report from The Timesclaims this is due to a longstanding sinus problem, and the tape plays a crucial role in relieving the symptoms. Williams spoke about playing with the condition in 2007 and said at the time in quotes published by the Edinburgh Evening News: “I’m a sinus sufferer. Well, we’re sort of here to help.

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- Wimbledon - Wimbledon - Wimbledon multi-million dollar businesses that she runs alongside her husband. “I don’t think she has played a lot. The American picked up a serious injury during her Wimbledon first-round exit last year and there were doubts whether she would return to tennis at all.

Wimbledon is in progress and people are wondering what the story is behind the black tape on Serena Williams' face.

After being away from competition for a leg injury, Williams is back, hoping to clinch her 24th career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. She started wearing the tape when she reached the doubles semifinals at Eastbourne, where unfortunately her teammate Ons Jabeur’s injury kept the pair from finishing. According to The Times, the small sections of medical tape on her face are proposed to relieve the eight-time Wimbledon singles champion’s sinus problems.

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I didn't know how I would come back," said the 40-year-old on Saturday. I just didn't know when I would come back. "I didn't retire.

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Despite her uncertainty, Williams did say that a tight defeat in her first match back motivated her to return to the practice court and to improve for the US Open to come. But she first lost her 3-1 lead, then she served for the match and Tan wrestled it from her with a backhand passing shot. But time comes for us all, and in a torrid evening on Centre Court showed the challenge before her in the final chapter of her career. In terms of ranking and experience, the world No 115 Tan was one of the better draws Williams could have received. Rusty and short of confidence against a player who gave her none, Williams recovered from a set down and fought her heart out before falling in the first round 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7) to France’s Harmony Tan. She underwent knee surgery in 2003, yet within a year of her return she was a grand slam champion again.

It was the first singles match for Williams since she tore her right hamstring during the opening set of the first round at Wimbledon in 2021.

Ultimately, though, she lost to the steadiness of the daughter of Cambodian and Vietnamese parents, a player coached by 1998 Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat, and a player who improved her lifetime match record at Grand Slam tournaments to 3-6, set against that of Williams, which stands at 365-55. Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. The match showcased her rustiness (54 unforced errors), her everlasting brilliance (61 winners) and the guttural screams that long have helped her find her inner Serena Williams. It showed her fight in the utmost when she prevailed through a monster of a 12-deuce, 30-point second game of the second set, taking on momentum there. As Tan peppered the court with drop shots as if by ancient text of how to play someone with 40-year-old legs, she forced Williams to elevate, and elevate Williams did. She lost an advantage after she led 3-1 in the third set.

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Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android The 42-year-old American is a five-time singles champion at the All England Club and won the doubles with her sister Serena on six occasions but she last played on the WTA Tour in August last year and has since been sidelined with a leg injury. The 18-year-old American is the youngest player in the singles draw and after her runner-up finish at the French Open this month, many are tipping her to go all the way at the All England Club.

Williams, who had not competed in singles on tour since withdrawing from Wimbledon last year with an injury, lost in three sets to Harmony Tan of France.

Williams served for the match at 5-4 and was two points from victory at 30-15 only to lose the next three points and her serve when she hit an unconvincing forehand approach shot that Tan slapped past her for a backhand winner. That was certainly understandable in light of her long layoff, and the crowd reacted with awkward silence at first. Tauziat understood the importance of keeping Williams out of her prime hitting zones and of keeping her on the move. She also looked as tight as piano wire, struggling to let her natural power flow and missing swing volleys and approach shots by the bunch while laboring to move laterally. It was a ragged but ultimately admirable performance as she tried to shake off the rust and solve the myriad riddles posed by Tan, who had watched Williams only from afar until their duel. But at least she can leave the All England Club with a less painful memory than what she took from last year’s Wimbledon, when she tore a hamstring after slipping in the first set of her first-round match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, hobbling off Centre Court in great distress. She then had to navigate the tiebreaker despite the weariness in her legs and the tension in her gaze. Williams and her player box full of family, friends and team members, including her new coach Eric Hechtman, were not able to celebrate. She won two sets instead, turning what could have been a feel-good story for Williams into a narrow defeat that will repose the question of how much more professional tennis Williams intends to play. Williams dominated the second set but Tan fought back in the third while Williams’s level and energy dipped even if her fighting spirit did not. “When I saw the draw I was really scared, because it’s Serena,” said Tan, 24. Her grueling duel with Tan was a stylistic contrast that lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes.

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Some have noticed that Serena Williams looked different in her return to the court - but why was she wearing black tape on her face to Wimbledon?

It is believed that when applied properly, the elasticity of the tape helps gently lift the skin from the tissue underneath, thereby relieving pressure and easing pain. However, Loria noted that as of 2016 there was limited research to back up the claims. They add: "KT Tape creates neuromuscular feedback (called proprioception) that inhibits (relaxes) or facilitates stronger firing of muscles and tendons." Over three hours and 11 minutes, Williams and Tan went back and forth in an instant classic that ultimately came down to a third-set tiebreak, which the Frenchwoman Tan won, 10-7. "Playing tennis or pretty much doing anything every day is not easy when you have sinuses. "I'm a sinus sufferer," Williams said in 2007.

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"I think I'm pretty solid on the grass," she said. "When I saw the draw, I was really scared," she said after the match. for close to a year at Eastbourne last week, partnering with Ons Jabeur in the doubles event. "For my first Wimbledon -- it's wow. Swiatek, meanwhile, dominated the first set against Fett in her first match since the French Open, but had to overcome a tough period in the second when Fett came close to securing a double break. She was a break up in the third, but Tan showed her resilience by fighting back to take a thrilling final set in a nail-biting tie break.

Serena Williams lost in her first singles match in 364 days, outlasted by 115th-ranked Frenchwoman Harmony Tan 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 in the Wimbledon first round.

Asked if there’s any part of her that wants to play the U.S. Open in two months, she said, “That being the first place I’ve won a Grand Slam [in 1999], is something that’s always super special. Tan went up a mini break at 8-6 in the tiebreak, then served it out. This time around, even though I’m considered a favorite, I don’t feel like it as much as I did when I was 15 or even 16. I feel like I learned so much not to put pressure on now, now, now. Asked if she’s OK if this is her last memory at Wimbledon, she said, “Obviously not. “I feel like I’m a lot more relaxed than when I was considered the sensation,” Gauff said before the tournament.

Serena Williams is ending a year-long Grand Slam hiatus on Centre Court at Wimbledon 2022. Why has the tennis superstar been seen wearing face tape?

She's tied with Steffi Graf for the second-most Wimbledon singles titles in her career, trailing record-holder Martina Navritilova, who has nine. Wimbledon and the French Open, it's not easy." The last time Williams won Wimbledon was in 2016, when she defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber in straight sets in the final. The Sporting News explains why. The pair were unable to compete in the final four because Jabeur had a knee injury but Williams had proved a huge hit in her first matches since tearing her hamstring at Wimbledon 2021. Eight-time singles champion Williams has been seeded and will be the star draw in the women's singles on the second day of the tournament, entering as a wild card with a WTA world ranking of 411 before the start of play.

Williams, 40, loses on her return to singles action after 12 months out as Harmony Tan stuns the 23-time grand slam winner.

At the next changeover it was 6-6, with one player potentially four points from victory. On this occasion it was Tan’s turn for a stint off the court. You could hear a pin drop inside Centre Court on match point.

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Outside of her desire to play at home, Williams brushed aside questions about her future. "That's a question I can't answer," she said. "Like, I don't know. But ultimately, it was the lack of match play that proved to be the difference in the match. "I think if you're playing week in, week out, or even every three weeks, every four weeks, there's a little bit more match toughness," Williams said. "Your first time is always special.

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"When I saw the draw, I was really scared. When I was young, I was watching her so many times on the TV. There's definitely a lot of motivation to get better and play at home," the 40-year-old American said. I thought if I can win one game, two games, that would be really good for me." "I am just playing for right now. Williams broke after a mammoth second game of the second set and went on to level the match 6-1.

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Maxime Cressy (USA) bt Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x6) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 7-6 (11/9), 7-6 (7/5) Mackenzie McDonald (USA) bt Nuno Borges (POR) 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) Christian Harrison (USA) bt Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) I thought if I can win one game, two games, that would be really good for me." "When I saw the draw, I was really scared. When I was young, I was watching her so many times on the TV.

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Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android But today was what I could do. Asked if she could be satisfied with Tuesday's loss being her final Wimbledon memory, she said: "Obviously not. "But today I gave all I could do. I did pretty good on maybe one or two of them, but obviously not enough." Who knows where I'll pop up."

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But she found herself staring at a first-round exit — like last year — against 72nd-ranked Italian Jasmine Paolini on Tuesday when she lost the opening set in less than 30 minutes. Leading 3-1 in the decider Williams seemed in control but it was an illusion as Tan struck a beautiful backhand winner to break back for 3-3. But Tan, whose subtle game belongs to a bygone era, showed great court craft and broke the mighty Williams serve twice in succession on her way to snatching the opener. But it was Williams who faltered with victory in sight. I think the last couple of points I was really suffering there.” “When I saw the draw I was really scared.

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Williams packed up her bags, waved to the crowd, and then, in an interview room a little while later, said the idea of playing in New York at the U.S. Open later in the summer, after some time on the practice courts, carried plenty of appeal. “Just being here shows that she has a lot of love for her work and for this game. “The only thing that shows is passion and love for the game,” Nadal said of her comeback attempt. There were flashbacks on Tuesday. Williams surged to an early lead in the deciding set, then minutes later, she was fighting, down a game, though on serve, against the 115th-ranked player in the world, a 24-year-old who grew up watching her on television. But in the tiebreaker, she frittered away prosperity once more, allowing a 4-0 lead to become a 9-7 deficit. The Serena Williams of the past two decades has been so much more than a gifted athlete who knew what to do with 11 ounces of carbon fiber in her right hand. “I think it’s great that we have her back,” said Maria Sakkari of Greece, who called Williams a great role model. In addition to her usual slew of sponsors, Williams announced earlier this year that her early-stage venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, has raised an inaugural fund of $111 million to invest in founders with diverse points of view and backgrounds. Williams must, too, just as she did against Tan, a part of a deeper-than-ever WTA Tour where anyone can beat, or lose, to anyone else. For the better part of two decades, Williams dominated her sport unlike anyone else. A feathery drop shot late in the third set showed the touch that appears infrequently now. She became a successful businesswoman and a mother.

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The tape is meant to relieve pressure and pain from the condition. She said: “That's a question I can't answer. I don't know. Maybe a week ago I could have given more. Playing tennis or pretty much doing anything every day is not easy when you have sinuses. Maybe tomorrow I could have given more.

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"Playing matches is the only way where you serve under pressure. So that needs to needs to happen. Wimbledon

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Ahead of Wimbledon, Williams reflected on how tennis is no longer her sole focus in life. "That wasn't surprising for me because I knew I was doing that well. "The US Open -- that being the first place I've won a grand slam -- is something that's always super special," Williams added. But I'm moving well, I'm getting a lot of balls back. I definitely had to try to find my rhythm out there. Tuesday's match was a clear contrast in styles.

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I see how I feel and go from there,” she said. “I am just playing for right now. But it was another ailment that had fans curious on social media.

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Maybe a week ago I could have given more. Maybe tomorrow I could have given more. She just maybe lacked a bit in confidence." I gave all I could do. “It looked like when it got close in the end the confidence was maybe not there. The 23-time Grand Slam champion suffered a 7-5 1-6 7-6 (10-7) defeat to Harmony Tan on her SW19 comeback on Tuesday.

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Sinusitis is swelling of the sinuses, usually caused by the cold or flu spreading to the sinuses from the upper airways. KT Tape, the company that makes the tape, has previously warned against athletes wearing it on their face because it has never been tested in this way. The sinuses are small, empty spaces behind your cheekbones and forehead that connect to the inside of the nose. They make thin mucus that drains out of the channels of the nose, keeping it clean and free of bacteria. The sinuses are small, empty spaces behind your cheekbones and forehead that connect to the inside of the nose. KT Tape, the company that makes the tape, has previously warned against athletes wearing it on their face because it has never been tested in this way.

Without a Grand Slam title since 2017, Serena Williams faces searching questions over her future after a painful first-round Wimbledon exit.

Questioned as to whether she would be happy if the defeat by 115th-ranked Tan was her final memory of Wimbledon, she said: "Obviously not. "Your first time is always special. "But today I gave all I could do. But today was what I could do." Williams, who has won 73 singles titles in her career overall, has plummeted to 1,204th in the world after her year out of the game. Who knows where I'll pop up?"

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With her interest in children, Dorfman said Williams might consider opening a tennis school for kids who have less access to the sport. “Even outside the sports world, she’s got icon potential.” It’s about a little girl who finds confidence with the help of a magic doll. On the website, she models many of the looks herself. “Along the lines of LeBron James, who has his SpringHill Company. Steph Curry is doing the same thing.” She is still one slam away of tying Margaret Court‘s record of 24 wins. “Venus goes in her direction, and I go in my direction. Williams is way ahead of James and Curry when it comes to fashion. She has laid the groundwork for a post-sports career that could rival Michael Jordan’s. The reality, actually, has little to do with swatting a furry yellow ball. “When I met my husband [Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian], that was our first conversation. I was talking about investments.”

On Tuesday, the 40-year-old was knocked out in the first round of Wimbledon by world number 115 Harmony Tan from France.

“This tape allows the connective tissue surrounding the affected muscle or tendon to move along with the body. The last thing I want to do is go out on a tennis court and play Venus and be tired. She has spent 319 weeks at the top of the world rankings over the course of her career, including a joint-record 186 consecutively. She has been experiencing sinus problems for a long time. However, time catches up with even the very best. Maybe a week ago I could have gave more.

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"It is the loss of balance during the hitting phase that contributes mostly to the loss of control of the racket head and therefore loss of control of the ball. Professional tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou, who is an ambassador for innovative racquet sports organisation Slinger and tennis icon Serena Williams' former coach, has suggested key ways people can improve technical aspects and bring out their inner champion. "This is a very good cue that shows that you are 'on time' and ready to hit the ball in a relaxed way, which is key to allow your body weight to go through the ball." But where to start? "One of the appealing things about tennis for many is the fact it is not easy at all," he said. "Try to always show up with a sense of purpose, this is important when you step on a court.