Since the birth of her daughter Alexis Olympia is time to make her first WTA Tour appearance in the opening round in Indian Wells on Thursday for Serena Williams.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion will only be played and will start against Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan, currently in the 53rd place in the world.

Williams reached the semi-finals before being defeated by Zhang Shuai in California at the Tie Break Tens exhibition event in Madison Square Garden, warming up for a trip to California.

After her coach Patrick Mouratoglou claimed the 36-year-old will be aiming to add more Grand Slam titles on her return, she appears confident ahead of her comeback.

His coach Patrick Mouratoglou seems sure to return, after aiming to add more Grand Slam championships to his 36-year-old team.

Williams said: “I think everyone should have high expectations, this is the message I sent. Even if nobody ever did it, you should always trust yourself. ”

The American won against Marion Bartoli in New York 10-5. He returned only ten years after his first retirement from Wimbledon victory in 2013 after the last four years.

“I look forward to the future,” said Williams, who competed when he won the Australian Open last year and added: “It was fine. I wish I could shoot more. ”

In Monday’s event, there were eight players in the first female Tie Break Tens competition in the United States.

The Ukrainian world number four actress Elina Svitolina claimed she was awarded $ 250,000 – in the final, Zhang defeated 10-3.

Williams’s sister, Venus, has lost his only vice to Svitolina and is hopeful of his brother’s return to the upcoming Tour.

In addition to having her daughter in September, she developed a few small blood clots in her lungs and was delayed longer than expected to resume competition.

The sisters were playing with a Fed Cup double tie the month we passed – straight bundles disappeared in Holland Kernhove and Dutch Demi Schuurs – but now there is more optimism.

Venus said to Serena: “Matches are a good way to know where you are, but of course they know how to play.

“I do not think instinctively that I will bring him to court, so he is very worried about him.”