Australian Open 2023: Venus Williams is about to play within the Australian Open after she was once awarded a wild card enty into the match.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 19, 2022 23:44 IST
Venus Williams is about to function in her twenty second Australian Open. (Courtesy: AP)
Via India Nowadays Internet Table: Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will play her twenty second Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard to the 2023 tournament subsequent month.
The 42-year-old American, two times a finalist at Melbourne Park, is ranked outdoor the highest 1,000 and has now not performed a aggressive fit since being dumped out of the U.S. Open within the first spherical by means of unseeded Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck.
“I’ve been competing within the nation for over twenty years now and the Australian neighborhood has all the time supported me wholeheartedly,” Williams stated in a commentary on Monday.
“It’s going to be an honour to play for the fanatics once more and I’m taking a look ahead to creating extra reminiscences on the match this yr.”
Williams has misplaced her ultimate six fits at the WTA Excursion since attaining the second one spherical at Wimbledon.
Her 23-times Grand Slam title-winning sister Serena Williams introduced she would “evolve away” from tennis following the ultimate US Open, the place she bowed out within the 3rd spherical.
Novak Djokovic could also be set to play the match after his debatable absence throughout the COVID-19 length the place he was once deported from the Australian shores over the non-compliance of taking obligatory vaccine pictures.
Edited Via:
Kingshuk Kusari
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Dec 19, 2022