Serena iffy about year’s remaining Grand Slams

Serena Williams dealt with serious health issues after giving birth to her daughter last September and the former world No. 1 said on Friday that her status for the year’s remaining Grand Slams remains up in the air.

Following the draw for this week’s Fed Cup tie against the Netherlands in Asheville, North Carolina, where Williams will make her competitive return on Sunday, the American was asked if it was her intention to play the last three majors of 2018.

“Right now, I don’t know,” Williams told reporters. “Right now I’m focused on this weekend and after that I’ll figure out what it might be.”

Williams has not played a WTA tournament since she won the Australian Open title last year and skipped this year’s opening Grand Slam due to concerns about her fitness four months after giving birth to her first child.

The 36-year-old American later revealed to Vogue magazine she was bedridden for six weeks from a series of complications, including a pulmonary embolism that led to multiple surgeries, after her daughter was delivered by emergency C-section.

But Williams, whose triumph in Melbourne last year gave her an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam – one shy of the alltime record held by Australian Margaret Court – still has a desire to compete in tennis’s blue riband events.

“I have long-term goals obviously. Right now my main goal is just to stay in the moment,” said Williams, who has already established herself as one of the greatest women’s players ever. “It goes unsaid that 25 [Grand Slams] is obviously something UIBU * XPVME MPWF CVU * E IBUF UP MJNJU NZTFMG u