On Tuesday, July 22, 45-year-old Venus Williams became part of history after defeating Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 in the 32 round at the Washington Open. The American legend became the second oldest player to have ever won the WTA match. In particular, Stearns is 22 years younger than Williams, who won four Grand Slam titles before the birth of Stearns.
18 flights Grand Slam Champion Martina Navratilova remains the oldest player to achieve this performance and won the 2004 tour in 45 years and 242 days. Williams secured its victory in 45 years and 34 days.
This victory meant its first singles victory by Cincinnati Masters in August 2023. It was reflected from the singles from Miami Open in March 2024, after surgery to remove uterine fibroids.
“Pray for good health”
After Williams returned with strong underground and commanding columns. The veteran after the match, when he spoke after the match, said she worked hard on training despite the fight against doubts.
“Every week I trained, I was like,” Oh, my God, I don’t know if I’m still good enough. “And then there would be weeks when I would jump forward. Even a week of the leader (I thought),” Oh, my God, I have to improve much more. ” So it’s all a head game, ”Williams said after the match.
“I’m just praying for good health, so I could have the opportunity to play with good health. A lot of this is able to return and try to play healthy levels,” Williams added.
Formerly 21 July, Williams became a great return to court after a sixteen -month break. Connection with colleagues American Hailey Baptiste, Defeated Eugenie Bouchard and Clerdie Ngounoue 6-3, 6-1 In women’s doubles 16.
Williams faces a hard challenge in the single round 16, where it will accept the current world No. 24 and the fifth seed of Magdalena Frech from Poland.
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Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
23 July 2025
