The 23-times Grand Slam champion is the brightest name on the shiny entry list of the Top Seed Open. As a lot of players, Serena Williams will be playing after more than 6 months and so she spoke about her feelings and difference between coming back now and after an injury.

"I never expected to be playing here in Kentucky, but it's close to Florida and easy to get here for me, and I'm excited," Williams told reports via Zoom during the tournament's All-Access Hour on Saturday. "There won't be fans here... but it's cool. We've been stuck at home for six months and I've never been home for that long since I was a teenager. Even when I was pregnant, I was traveling a lot to so many different places, so it's been a long time since I've been home that long. [That] was nice, but it's also a really cool opportunity to come to Kentucky," admitted Serena Williams.

"The biggest difference is that it wasn't just from me being injured. Everyone just had to take a break and a pause, so it will be really fun and interesting to see how we play," Williams said. "Everyone has the opportunity to be more fit now, because we spent so much time at home... to just work on yourself, your life and your game. Match fitness is always different than 'fit' fitness. My physios are in Europe, so I had to figure out a way for someone to work with me in my bubble, in Florida, that I could trust. That was a new curve that I had to deal with. Tennis is naturally a socially distanced sport, so it was kind of easy to go back and just walk on my side of the court and have my hitter walk on his side of the court," Serena Williams said.

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