{"id":17895,"date":"2025-07-23T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17895\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:57:07","slug":"shocking-return-venus-williams-returns-to-the-tennis-world-in-dominating-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17895\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking return: Venus Williams returns to the tennis world in dominating style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venus Williams isn\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n<p>Venus Williams, 45, shocks tennis world with stunning comeback win<\/p>\n<p>At 45 years old, the tennis legend pulled off a stunning win at the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday, defeating 23-year-old Peyton Stearns, the world\u2019s No. 35-ranked player, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. It marked Williams\u2019 first singles victory since August 2023 and made her the second-oldest woman ever to win a tour-level singles match.<\/p>\n<p>The performance came just a week after she was listed as inactive. But in true Venus fashion, she stepped back on the court and left no doubt she still has something left in her game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means a lot,\u201d she said post-match. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The win was more than just a throwback moment. It was a history-making performance by one of the sport\u2019s all-time greats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by her fianc\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Williams gave a nod to her fianc\u00e9, Italian actor Andrea Preti, for encouraging her to keep grinding.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/tennis\/news\/world-no-1-women-wta-rankings-explainer\/eeyvxxqzooi237rdnoqox6o5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Who is the world&#8217;s No. 1 in women&#8217;s tennis? Update rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe really pushed me to keep playing,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were times I wanted to slow down. This life, it\u2019s not easy. You\u2019re running, lifting, sweating nonstop. It\u2019s brutal. But he supported me through it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This match was also the first time Preti watched her play live.<\/p>\n<p>Preti is known for his work in films and series such as Temptation, A Professor, and My Beloved Enemy.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next for Venus?<\/p>\n<p>Williams isn\u2019t done this week. She\u2019ll be back on court Thursday to face No. 5 seed Magdalena Frech, who is 27 years old. On Wednesday, she\u2019s also scheduled to play doubles alongside 23-year-old Hailey Baptiste, after the pair won their opening match together.<\/p>\n<p>Other Sports News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venus Williams isn\u2019t done yet. Venus Williams, 45, shocks tennis world with stunning comeback win At 45 years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-17895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}