ROME — Serena Williams is set to return from injury at the upcoming Italian Open.
Tournament director Sergio Palmieri told The Associated Press on Friday that he spoke with Williams' agent and that Williams ''has already reserved her rooms and should be here a few days early'' for the May 13-19 event.
Williams has not played since withdrawing from her third-round match at the Miami Open in March with a previously undisclosed left knee injury. She hasn't played in Rome since winning her fourth title at the clay-court event in 2016, when she beat Madison Keys in the final.