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Serena Williams has taken the first step that would be required ahead of a comeback to tennis, registering with the sport’s drug-testing body, a spokesman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said Tuesday.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion hasn’t competed since bidding farewell at the 2022 U.S. Open. At the time, Williams said she didn’t want to use the word “retiring” and instead declared she was “evolving” away from tennis.

It wasn’t immediately clear when or where — or even if — Williams actually will play again. Her agent did not immediately return a request for comment.

Bounces first reported the decision by Williams, 44, to place her name back in the testing pool with the ITIA, which oversees anti-doping and anti-corrupti

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