Serena Williams loses Wimbledon first-round thriller, her first singles match since 2022

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Wimbledon (CNN) — Serena Williams lost in her return to singles tennis 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 against Maya Joint of Australia in a thrilling match in front of an at times raucous crowd on Wimbledon’s Centre Court. In what was her first singles match since losing to Ajla Tomljanović at the