MOSCOW, June 29 American tennis player Serena Williams, who lost in the first round of Wimbledon, said that if the tournament had started a week earlier, she would have played better. On Tuesday, 40-year-old Williams, who is a seven-time winner of the tournament, lost in the first round match to Frenchwoman Harmony Tan. This meeting was the first for Williams since the summer of 2021. «It was definitely a very long battle. It came out better than last year, but this is just the beginning. I think I did pretty well physically. I feel that winning key draws depends from psychology. I did it well, probably in two of these moments. Obviously, this was not enough, «Williams is quoted by the website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 25:76:16:7Harmony TanFrance «Today I gave all my strength. Maybe tomorrow I could do even better. Maybe a week ago I could have played better, but today it was all I can do now», she added. Wimbledon, held on grass courts, will end on July 10th. In April, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) refused to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to the tournament because of the situation in Ukraine. In response, in May, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) decided not to award ranking points to competitors.
