Unexpected return of a great Grand Slam champion after 16 months inactive

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She was “inactive” according to WTA and did not play a match of women’s tennis circuit for 16 months, therefore the unexpected and surprising return of a great champion of Grand Slam announced by the organization of WTA on Washington’s hard track (July 21-27).

Venus WilliamsWinner of seven Grand Slams individual and 14 doubled with their sister Serenahe accepted at 45 an invitation from the American tournament and, therefore, re -appears on professional tour 16 months after his last game, a defeat against Diana Shnaider In the 1st round of WTA 1,000 from Miami 2024.

Venus’s final success has been dating from August 2023, in the 1st round of Cincinnati Related to Veronika Kudermetova. Williams has not officially announced his departure, but does not appear in the rank of world (more than a year ago he is not competing) and the WTA’s website The Catalog of “inactive” on his sports card.

“There’s something really special in Washington: Energy, Fans, History. This city has always shown me a lot of Wimbledon’s endings next to Ig Swiatek.

Venus Williams won 49 individual WTA and 22 titles in Double. He is an individual champion at Olympic to Sydney’2000 games And three other golden Olympics hangs in double with his brother Serena (2000, 2008, 2012), who is also the best of ‘singles’ in London’2012.

Both ex number 1 of the world and endowed with a rare physical strength, especially Serena, Williams brothers have changed female tennis in the coming of the new century. Venus won seven grand slams, five in Wimbledon (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008) and two in the US Open (2000, 2001), and played another nine finals, seven of them lost against their sister, retiring with 23 ‘big’.

In addition to Serena, only the Switzerland Martina Hingis (US Open 1997) and the Spanish GARBIÑE MUGURUZA .

Source: La Verdad

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