Williams hits some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes while beating Peyton Stearns, 23, to become the oldest woman ...

Washington Open: 45-year-old Venus Williams became the second-oldest player after Martina Navratilova to win a WTA tour level match after beating Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday.

The 45-year-old defeated fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-3 6-4 for her first singles victory since August 2023. It was Williams’ first singles match in 16 months and the unranked seven-time former ...

Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of ...

In what was her first singles win since 2023, the 45-year-old Williams beat world No. 35 Peyton Stearns in straight sets during the first round of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Tuesday. The final ...

The only older woman to win a tour-level singles match was Martina Navratilova, whose last triumph came at 47 in 2004.

Williams left the tennis world in awe after her performance. Naomi Osaka, who also won Tuesday in the round of 32 at the Citi Open, simply said of Williams in a post after the match, "my queen" with a ...

Emma Raducanu began her build-up towards next month’s US Open by coasting past Marta Kostyuk at the Mubadala DC Citi Open in Washington.

Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while beating Peyton ...

Tennis legend Venus Williams has shown she still has fire in her belly after making history at the Washington Open yesterday.