Serena Williams Prepares For Comeback From Foot Injury

Close to 12 months have passed since Serena Williams laced up her sneakers and gripped her racket for a competitive tennis match. Tuesday, Wiliams will play Tsvetana Pironkova on the grass courts at the Aegon International in the U.K. Her last match on the WTA tour was her victory in the Wimbledon finals against Vera Zvonareva.

Then Williams severely cut her foot on a broken piece of glass, which lead to two operations, and then had surgery for a blood clot in her stomach. On Monday, Williams told stories of the removal of her blood clot.

Serena Williams’ seventh tournament of the 2010 season was supposed to be next week’s Generali Ladies Linz. Instead, Williams is putting off her comeback for a third time since September, when she withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and the China Open in Beijing.

“My dearest fans,” Williams started off her Oct. 10 blog update. “…Yesterday I learned that I had tried too hard, and did too much too soon. …I am likely out for the year now.”