Is Serena Williams secretly plotting a comeback to tennis? Just two months after flatly denying any return, the 44-year-old icon has left the door wide open, sparking fresh rumors. With her name now in the tennis testing pool, could this be the shocking return fans never expected? Find out the latest twists!👇👇

Serena Williams has refused to rule out a tennis comeback, just under two months after she definitively denied a return to the sport in which she won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

In December, the appearance of Williams’ name in the tennis anti-doping test pool, a prerequisite for returning to the sport, raised the possibility of her playing again.

Rejoining the pool means Williams, 44, is subjecting herself to tennis’ whereabouts rules, which entails accepting the possibility of random drug testing, and remaining in a certain place for an hour a day. In response, she wrote on X December 3: “Omg yall I’m NOT coming back. This wildfire is crazy.”

But appearing on the “Today” show Wednesday, Williams was again asked if she was planning a comeback to the sport she dominated for almost two decades. On this occasion, she gave a series of non-committal responses.

“I mean, really? Are you asking this on the Today show? Oh my goodness,” Williams said, glancing around the studio. When pushed on whether that meant the answer was no, she laughed and said: “Now people on set are laughing. It’s distracting. I’m just having fun and enjoying my life right now.”

Is that a yes or no, asked “Today” host Savannah Guthrie. “I don’t know, I’m just going to see what happens.”