The seven -time Grand Slam Venus Williams champion confirmed that he was engaged to actor Andrea Preti. The veteran made revealing after her match with singles against Peyton Stearns in round 32 Clash of Washington Open 2025 on Tuesday, July 22.
With her victory 6-3, 6-4 Williams became The second oldest player in history won the WTA tour levelEnding only Martin Navratilova. While Navratilov reached a milestone in 45 years and 242 days, Venus reached it in 45 years and 34 days.
When she talked about her relationship with Andrea Preti, Williams was for the first time romantically linked to the actor “one more day” in July 2024, when they were both seen, who enjoyed a cozy trip in Nerrano Italy. In February, rumors began to swirl after a diamond ring was seen on the left hand.
“My fiance is here and he really encouraged me to continue playing,” Williams said after the victory of the first singles by Cincinnati Masters in 2023.
“Encouraged me”
Williams, who returned to the tennis circuit after a sixteen -month break, expressed gratitude to her fiance for his unwavering support and motivation and attributed him to inspire her to promote hard training sessions.
“Was so many times when I just wanted the coast and a little cold. Do you know how hard it is to play tennis? You don’t know how much work is as if it were 9 to 5, except that you are running all the time.
Andrea Preti, who was born in Denmark in 1988 and raised in Italy, is a multi-talented creative that began her career as a fashion model before the transition to playing and direction.
As far as Williams is concerned, it now faces an impressive challenge in the sixteenth round of the singles, while Magdalena Frech, Polish, the current World No. 24 and the Fifth Seed.
On Wednesday Williams and her American partner Hailey Baptiste left women’s doubles after a loss of 4-6, 6-3, 6-10 for Taylor Townsend and Zhang Shuai.
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Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
July 24, 2025
