Venus Williams of the United States returns from Diana Shnaider van Russia during her ladies’ snonbles during the Miami Open in Hard Rock Stadium on March 19, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Brennan Aslen / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by Brennan Asling / Getty Images North America / Getty images via AFP)
Seven-time Grand Slam Singles champion Venus Williams, who has no longer played in a tournament since March 2024, has accepted a joker signs in the WTA and ATP DC Open, the organizers said Friday.
The 45-year-old American, mentioned as inactive on the WTA Tour website, has not played a tour event since losing a first round game last year in Miami.
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The five-fold Wimbledon winner and two-time US Open Champion will participate in the Washington Tournament that runs from July 21-27.
“I am excited to accept a wildcard for the DC Open. There is something very special about DC: the energy, the fans, history,” said Williams. “This city has always shown me so much love and I can’t wait to compete again.”
Former world number one Williams played in the event in 2022 and participated in Washington for a few years in World Team Tennis.
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Williams won Olympic Singles Gold in 2000 in Sydney and, alongside younger sister Serena, welded women’s doubles gold in 2000, 2008 and 2012.
Williams, who has won 49 career singles titles and 22 Doubles Kronen, has Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can weaken people and with joint pain.
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