Harmony Tan defeated Serena Williams on her Wimbledon return after a year out
The American great, 40, returned to the same Centre Court where she had limped out injured last year with a passionate display in a 7-5 1-6 7-6 (10-7) defeat.
Willed on by an emotional crowd, Williams answered questions over her fitness with a dynamic display that put her two points from a win before Tan edged it.
The burning question now is undoubtedly 'was this her last Wimbledon'?
"That's a question I can't answer," she told a news conference. "I don't know.
"Who knows? Who knows where I'll pop up."
It is almost a year to the day since Williams limped tearfully off Centre Court after slipping and hurting her right ankle in her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
The crowd that day might have wondered if they would ever see the great American back at the grass-court Grand Slam, with age and injury against her.
Even she admitted while at Eastbourne this month - where she made her comeback in the doubles alongside Ons Jabeur - that she had harboured her doubts.
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