Serena Williams made her thrilling return to tennis at the HSBC Championships, winning her doubles match alongside partner Victoria Mboko. The pair will move on to face Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund in the quarterfinals on Thursday,

But the scale is smaller and the setting, a cluster of buzz-cut courts surrounded by modest Edwardian townhouses, a bit less twee than the tennis traditionalism that follows at Wimbledon. Fewer hats,