Venus Williams will return to the Grand Slam Tennis at the United States in the open after two years of absence, receiving a wild card to women’s singles older 45 years.
The seven-hour champion of Grand Slam – two of those successes that arrived in meadows in 2000. and 2001. – There will be the oldest participant in the individual at the Renee Richards tournament when he received 47 years in 1981. years, according to the International Tennis Federation.
Williams already got a wild card of the American tennis association for a mixed doubled competition in the next week, with a single tournament starting on 24. August – Live on Ski Sports.
She won seven main singles championship – including US Open 2000. and 2001. – Together with another 14 in women’s pairs, everything won their younger sister, Serena, plus two in mixed pairs.
Williams’s younger sister Serena retired with 23 Grand Slam Singles Trophies after they opened at 2022. years, while the last look of Venus in the straw came to rinse meadows 2023. Year, losing in the first round. There she has not won the individual matches since 2019. years.
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Venus Williams got a winning return to tennis at Mubadala City DC open because she and Hailey Baptista advanced in women’s pairs.
When Williams returned to the tour last month at DC open in Washington – her first match anywhere in 16 months – the reporter asked if it would be a one-time thing or if there were plans for other tournaments.
“I’m just here for now, and who knows?” Williams then answered. “Maybe it’s still, but at this point, I’m only focused on this. I didn’t play a year.
“There’s no doubt I can play tennis, but obviously I’m going back to play games, it takes time to get in the momentum of things.
“I definitely feel that I will play well; I’m still the same player. I’m a big hitter, I hit the big. This is my brand.”
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The seven-timber winning Grand Slam Venus Williams refused to turn off the full return to tennis.
Last year, Williams had surgery to remove fibroids of uterine and missed most of the season.
In Washington, she first competed in March 2024. It was opened in Miami, and became the oldest woman who won a match at the tour level, because Martin Navratilova was 47 years in Vimbleton in 2004. years. Williams also won the DC match.
Williams entered Cincinnati open through the wild card last week, goes out in the first round of the singles tournament.
In August, 19-20 mixed pairs in pairs with Reilly Opelka, a 27-year-old American woman, which was ranked in the first 20.
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