Serena Williams has been beaten in her comeback event in Eastbourne, losing a tight three-set second round match to top seed Vera Zvonareva on Wednesday.
American Williams has not played in a competitive tournament since defeating Zvonareva in the Wimbledon final a year ago.
However, the Russian claimed some revenge for that loss, recovering from dropping the opening set to secure a 3-6 7-6 7-5 triumph after three hours of intense tennis.
Zvonareva, who has been seeded second for Wimbledon next week, paid tribute to Wiliams after the match, telling the official WTA Tour website: "Serena has done an unbelievable job coming back after almost a year of not playing.
"She spent more than three hours on the court playing some unbelievable tennis. She's a great champion and I have a lot of respect for her."
Williams was appearing in Eastbourne for the first time after two operations on a foot she cut on broken glass in a restaurant, followed by further surgery in February to remove blood clots from her lungs.
COMMENT: I think Serena comes back to the professional tennis with a new actitude and have a lot of wishes to concrete this year. I think it is posible that she wins wimbledon or the us open because we have to remember that she is one of the best tennis players in the sport history.
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