Will Serena Williams get a main-draw wildcard for the Toronto WTA 1000 before August 11, 2026?

Why: Multiple independent news sources and the tournament’s communications show the National Bank Open/Toronto main-draw wildcards were awarded to other players and that Serena Williams was not among them. Tennishead (2026-07-27) explicitly reports the final eight main-draw wildcards (listing Venus Williams, Bianca Andreescu, Cadence Brace, Kayla Cross, Rebecca Marino, Katherine Sebov, Carol Zhao and Ariana Arseneault) and states this confirms Serena is not on the wildcard list. The official National Bank Open site also highlights Venus as a singles wildcard, and the Canadian Press (Aug 2, 2026) reports Venus playing in Toronto as a wildcard. None of the supplied evidence shows Serena being named a main-draw wildcard for the Toronto WTA 1000 by 2026-08-10 23:59 ET. (Separately, multiple sources show Serena accepted a doubles wildcard in Cincinnati, but that is a different event.)