LONDON -- Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton watched Serena Williams compete against Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon on Saturday. Kerber defeated Williams 6-3, 6-3, to win the tournament.

In a role reversal from her wedding -- at which Williams was a guest in May -- Markle watched her friend from the royal box.

Markle and her sister-in-law Kate Middleton participated in a standing ovation as the players walked onto the court.

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Also supporting Williams on Centre Court are golfer Tiger Woods, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour and writer-director Shonda Rhimes.

"I was really happy to get this far," Williams said after the match. "I'm obviously disappointed but I can't be -- because I'm literally just getting started."

Serena Williams returns against Germany's Angelique Kerber on July 14, 2018. Oli Scarff / AFP/Getty

Williams is a seven-time Wimbledon champion and her 23 major trophies rank second all-time to Margaret Court. This final came just 10 ½ months after the 36-year-old American gave birth to a daughter and dealt with a serious health scare. She was playing in the fourth tournament of her comeback.