Serena Williams visits the US Open for the first time since playing her last match there in 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome back to the U.S. Open, Serena Williams.

Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, returned to Flushing Meadows on Saturday — but she was watching tennis, not playing it.

And she brought back an old look, wearing a denim skirt similar to the one she sported while competing in New York in 2004.

This was the first visit to the U.S. Open by Williams since 2022, when she played there in the final tournament of her career. She made it to the third round then before losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in her last match, although Williams was careful not to say she was retiring, but rather described it as “evolving” away from professional tennis.