WASHINGTON — Serena Williams, recovering from the removal of a blood clot in her lung as well as a nagging foot injury, plans to play tennis in July for the Washington Kastles of World TeamTennis.
The nine-team US league, which will stage a 36th season from July 4-24, announced on Thursday that Williams is scheduled to play in Washington on July 7 against the Boston Lobsters and when the Kastles visit Sacramento on July 9.
The reigning Wimbledon champion had said after her surgery for a blood clot that travelled from a leg into her lungs that she was hopeful of a summer return, but was unsure exactly when she might be back on the court.
The former world number one, a 13-time Grand Slam champion, would need to be ready by June 20 to defend her Wimbledon title. The women's final is set for July 2.
Williams has not played a top-level match since last year's Wimbledon final after cutting her right foot on broken glass at a restaurant last July.
Williams suffered a pulmonary embolism and underwent an emergency operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last week, a health scare she called "the scariest moment in my life".
"Luckily enough, I was able to catch it soon enough that my career won't be affected," Williams told NBC on Wednesday. "I love tennis and now more than anything I have so much to look forward to just playing.
"I really just want to come back and do well."
Venus Williams, Serena's elder sister and a five-time Wimbledon winner who has seven Grand Slam titles overall, plans to play for the Kastles on July 5 against visiting Kansas City despite being sidelined currently with an injury.
Venus Williams withdrew from the Australian Open with a right hip injury and has not played since, unable to defend her only titles from 2010 last month at Dubai and Acapulco.
The news that 13-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams has suffered a serious medical crisis is sobering. On Wednesday it was revealed that Williams, a force of nature on the tennis court who overwhelms her opponents with her strength and vigor, was treated last month for a pulmonary embolism, and then subsequently developed a hematoma.
I asked Dr. Mark Neuman, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania, for a primer on this kind of condition. He explained that a pulmonary embolism is a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot, which travels from where it developed -- typically in a leg, where blood vessels are relatively big -- to the lungs. The fact that Williams is one of the finest athletes in the world does not protect her from this kind of scary episode. DVTs are fairly common in people who have been immobilized during long flights, or those who have just had orthopedic surgery, which can stir up inflammation or interrupt normal venous flow.
The nine-team US league, which will stage a 36th season from July 4-24, announced on Thursday that Williams is scheduled to play in Washington on July 7 against the Boston Lobsters and when the Kastles visit Sacramento on July 9.
The reigning Wimbledon champion had said after her surgery for a blood clot that travelled from a leg into her lungs that she was hopeful of a summer return, but was unsure exactly when she might be back on the court.
The former world number one, a 13-time Grand Slam champion, would need to be ready by June 20 to defend her Wimbledon title. The women's final is set for July 2.
Williams has not played a top-level match since last year's Wimbledon final after cutting her right foot on broken glass at a restaurant last July.
Williams suffered a pulmonary embolism and underwent an emergency operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last week, a health scare she called "the scariest moment in my life".
"Luckily enough, I was able to catch it soon enough that my career won't be affected," Williams told NBC on Wednesday. "I love tennis and now more than anything I have so much to look forward to just playing.
"I really just want to come back and do well."
Venus Williams, Serena's elder sister and a five-time Wimbledon winner who has seven Grand Slam titles overall, plans to play for the Kastles on July 5 against visiting Kansas City despite being sidelined currently with an injury.
Venus Williams withdrew from the Australian Open with a right hip injury and has not played since, unable to defend her only titles from 2010 last month at Dubai and Acapulco.
I asked Dr. Mark Neuman, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania, for a primer on this kind of condition. He explained that a pulmonary embolism is a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot, which travels from where it developed -- typically in a leg, where blood vessels are relatively big -- to the lungs. The fact that Williams is one of the finest athletes in the world does not protect her from this kind of scary episode. DVTs are fairly common in people who have been immobilized during long flights, or those who have just had orthopedic surgery, which can stir up inflammation or interrupt normal venous flow.
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