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Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne
Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne. The tournament said in a social media post Friday that the 45-year-old Williams would make a return to Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearance. In 1998, she defeated her younger sister Serena in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to fellow American Lindsay Davenport.
Venus Williams is set to play her first Grand Slam tennis match outside of New York since 2023, after receiving a wild card into the Australian Open. The seven-time Grand Slam champion, who played three U.S. hard-court tournaments last year, including the U.S. Open, will make her first appearance in Melbourne since 2021. Williams, 45, won her first-round match that year before losing 6-1, 6-0 to Sara Errani of Italy in the second. She has twice reached the final at the Australian Open, in 2003 a
