Top-seeded Taylor Fritz has gotten his North American hard-court season off to a strong start by hitting 11 aces and saving the only break point he faced in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Aleksandar Vukic at the DC Open.

Kevin Durant attended Venus Williams and Hailey Baptiste's doubles match at the 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open. On Monday afternoon, Venus Williams played her first professional tennis match in over a year. Williams teamed up with Hailey Baptiste in doubles at the 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open.

Williams, who became the oldest woman to win a WTA match since Martina Navratilova in 2004, partnered Baptiste to kick off the tournament with a strong win over fellow wild cards Eugenie Bouchard and Clervie Ngounoue, having first met when Baptiste, a DMV native, was just getting into tennis as a young child.

As Venus Williams made her case on court, Martina Navratilova followed along from a Miami restaurant -- and couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

American young star Hailey Baptiste has been one of the rising talents in the WTA. Here's what to know about her career, ranking, and more.