Venus Williams, at 45, Becomes Oldest Woman to Win Singles Match

This was the first single victory for Williams in about two years. The only old woman who won a match was Martina Navratilova in 47 in 2004.

The former Williams no. 1 had not played in an official match in Miami since March 2024, and the time is missing while surgery to remove uterus fibroids. Since August 2023, Singes had not won in Cincinnati. Until this week, the WTA tour was listed as “non -active”.

“It’s not easy,” Williams said, “After all that time (return) and playing a perfect match.”

However, Williams, who was supported by a open crowd to see and support in the hard court tournament in the country’s capital, showed his abilities and the skills he showed in winning all his great Islamic headings: Singles, 14 women on his double-fold-twenty-small sister Serena-and both on the mixed floors.

“I wanted to play a good match,” he said to the fans, then he added an expression that attracted appreciation: “And win the match.”

For example, in the second match of Tuesday, Williams spanked a return winner to start business, and then he responded a few great response to breaking the 23 -year -old Stearns, who won the single and NCAA titles at the University of Texas, and is currently 35th.

In the next game, Williams ran forward to reach a drop shot and responded with a winner. Soon he led 4-2, then he was closing this set.

He was accompanied by cheering choirs. First, when Williams appeared in the main stadium in DC Open, the day before the couple is twice the 7,000 -person arena. Another came from the side line to the center of the court for the formality of the coin firing. Williams, as before ASES – 110 miles / hour and faster – when it started to hit the noise really reached a nursery.

In addition, Williams said that his fiancée was at the stands, and there were moments when his love looked as long as he was broken in this way: Forehand, Forehand, Forehand, Forehand Uzun, Backhand Long.

Finally, he made some extra effort to close Williams. The match continued to hold the scores and continued to transform them. But in the end, with his sixth chance, Williams strengthened 112 miles / hour service when Stearns returned to the network. This is: Williams smiled as wide as possible, lifted a fist and ran to the network to shake hands, then the traditional after winning Pirouette and made his wave.

27 -year -old seeds from Poland made the second round against Magdalena Frech.

On Tuesday, Emma Raducanu, 7-6 (4), eliminated 6-4, and the seed number 7 received a sixth loss to Marta Kostyuk. This has set up a match between Raducanu and Yulia Putintseva, the winner of the Great Champion Naomi Osaka four times.

The two best men’s seeds appeared: Cam Norrie, Lorenzo Musetti 2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 and 3 Holger Rune, withdrew from the tournament due to back injury. 4 Seed Ben Shelton, Mackie McDonald 6-3, 6-4 defeated.