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Venus Williams details the key to her longevity as a tennis star and what he remaining objectives are in her career. (Photo by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Venus Williams is still going strong at the age of 45.<\/p>\n
The tennis legend competed in her 25th US Open recently, becoming the oldest singles player in the tournament. For perspective on Williams\u2019 longevity, she made her first appearance at the US Open in 1997.<\/p>\n
For perspective, her opponent at this year\u2019s US Open, 29-year-old Karolina Muchova, was born in 1996.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Williams says while laughing when asked what\u2019s the key to her longevity. \u201cThanks mom, thanks dad. Thank God, good genetics. The ability to just still be in love with the game.I definitely don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be the last. You get so good at something, and honestly you get better over time and understand it more over time to be able to play to when age is only an advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams \u2013 along with her sister, Serena Williams \u2013 are two of the greatest female tennis stars of all time. They\u2019re certainly the most recognizable when it comes to the mainstream, where they became known names outside of the tennis court.<\/p>\n
Both Williams sisters are the highest-earning female tennis stars of all time, with Serena \u2013 who is a year younger than Venus \u2013 earning more than $94 million while Venus has earned over $42 million during her pro career.<\/p>\n
The older Williams sister officially became pro in 1994 and has been a staple of the mainstream tennis scene since making her grand slam debut in 1997 at the age of 17. When asked if she envisioned a three-decade career as a tennis star, Williams says she did not because you\u2019re not thinking that far ahead when you\u2019re young.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not thinking about the end, because you\u2019re just beginning,\u201d says Williams while smiling. \u201cI hope that young Venus would be proud of me now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Venus Williams Talks Abouit 2025 US Open Experience<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old tennis great has dealt with injuries in recent years, limiting her appearances on the tour. However, she made a triumphant return after a 16-month layoff in July in Washington, D.C., defeating Peyton Stearns and becoming the oldest woman since 2004 to win a WTA Tour-level singles match.<\/p>\n
Williams competed in both singles and doubles play during the US Open, falling to the 11th-seeded Muchova in singles competition. In doubles play with Leylah Fernandez, the duo advanced to the Round of 16 before being eliminated.<\/p>\n
The tennis great \u2013 she\u2019s won twice at the US Open \u2013 was visibly emotional in the post-match press conference while detailing her journey back to the grandest stage after dealing with injuries in recent years.<\/p>\n
Williams details what she was feeling in that moment and says it felt good to play again while healthy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, it was great,\u201d says Williams about her US Open experience. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy because I hadn\u2019t played in so long. Of course, my expectations for myself are so high, what I\u2019d like to achieve. Also not knowing how exactly you\u2019re going to play, because I\u2019ve been playing a lot, and there\u2019s only so much you can do without having played matches. Grateful to be able to be there, able to be healthy enough to play better in what had been a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams \u2013 who admits she still gets \u201cnervous\u201d before tournaments such as the US Open \u2013 hasn\u2019t given any indication on when she plans to retire. However, she does make it clear she doesn\u2019t have any clear objectives for the remainder of her career. It\u2019s just a matter of what she \u201cwants to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Considering she\u2019s done it all on the court with Olympic gold medals to top it off, she\u2019s earned that right.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have any objectives other than to do what I want to do,\u201d says Williams. \u201cIf I want to play, I want to play. If I don’t, that’s pretty much my objective. So that’s what I’ll I do. When I’m there, I would only play if I have that ability to play at a high level and be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Venus Williams Partners With Dove To Inrease Self Esteem In Young Women<\/p>\n
Williams is partnering with Dove \u2013 she\u2019s been involved with the personal brand for a few years \u2013 in an effort to increase body confidence in women. Nearly one in two girls quit sports during adolescence due to body image concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am super excited to partner with them, because it\u2019s something that I\u2019m very passionate about,\u201d says Williams. \u201cCompassion, about young people, and I\u2019m passionate about those kinds of things, and being able to make sure that young girls have positive body image. Also making sure that girls stay in sports and that they\u2019re not pulled out of sports because of a negative body image, and that the people who are giving that time to those girls understand what they\u2019re saying can affect them that way. They\u2019re aware and are able to give them the right message.”<\/p>\n
Williams says she wasn\u2019t aware how severe of an issue body image was in young female athletes until she became involved with this campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe numbers now are are still staggering of how many girls are pulling out of sports,\u201d says Williams. \u201cI\u2019m happy to be able to do this because I can\u2019t imagine my life without sports. Literally, I don\u2019t know, I just don\u2019t want to imagine it. I\u2019m very passionate about creating that language that creates self esteem.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tennis great says girls ages 11 through 17 are staying in sports through these evidence-based programs. When the subject of the WNBA\u2019s rise in popularity is brought up, Williams agrees that it\u2019ll help keep young women involved in the game as women\u2019s sports continues to become more prolific.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, for sure, the more women that we see in sports globally, that young girls can have more opportunities for them to stay in the game,\u201d says Williams. \u201cI think that the rise in organizations will only turn the tide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venus Williams details the key to her longevity as a tennis star and what he remaining objectives are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[87130,64,63,77279,21590,6413,85,747,11549],"class_list":{"0":"post-144970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-2025-us-open","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-karolina-muchova","12":"tag-leylah-fernandez","13":"tag-serena-williams","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tennis","16":"tag-venus-williams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}