{"id":15621,"date":"2025-07-23T09:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15621\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:24:10","slug":"venus-williams-engaged-to-actor-andrea-preti-tennis-star-confirms-news-in-post-match-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15621\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams engaged to actor Andrea Preti: Tennis star confirms news in post-match interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffennis star Venus Williams<\/a> has confirmed her engagement<\/a> to actor and producer Andrea Preti.<\/p>\n

Williams, 44, confirmed the pair were engaged \ufeffafter her first singles match in over a year on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) during a post-match interview.<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the video above.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Reporter Rennae Stubbs asked, \ufeff”You are now an engaged woman. So, how has Andrea helped you in this comeback?”<\/p>\n

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\"T\ufeffennisT\ufeffennis star Venus Williams has confirmed her engagement to actor and producer Andrea Preti. (Getty Images for Dsquared2)<\/p>\n

Williams replied, confirming the engagement rumours by starting with: “My fianc\u00e9 is here.”<\/p>\n

“He really encouraged me to keep playing, there were so many times I just wanted to chill … do you know how hard it is to play tennis?<\/p>\n

“You guys don’t know how much work goes into this, like, it’s 9 to 5, except you’re running the whole time, lifting weights and just dying and then you repeat it the next day.<\/p>\n

“So he encouraged me to get through this, and it’s wonderful to be here. He’s never seen me play.”<\/p>\n

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\"VenusWilliams, 44, confirmed the pair were engaged \ufeffafter her first singles match in over a year on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) during a post-match interview. (AP)<\/p>\n

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The couple’s romance has been kept relatively private, with the first whispers of the pair dating emerging after they were seen on a boat together in Nerano, Italy, on July 27, 2024.<\/p>\n

Preti, aged 36, is a former model turned actor and producer.<\/p>\n

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His acting credits include the \ufeffItalian series A Professor and the film One More Day, according to his IMDB page.<\/p>\n

He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, before moving to Italy as a teenager, where he became a model. \ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n

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