The signs of a return of the former tennis world list Venus Williams to the US Open are condensed.
One day before the first match of the 45-year-old on the WTA tour after 16 months at the tournament in Washington, the organizers of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year in New York announced the participation of the older sister of US icon Serena Williams in the upstream mixed competition.
Williams will open the information from the organizers on August 19 and 20 as part of the US Open Fanfoche with their US state man Reilly Opelka. In the event of a successful case, the duo waves a winning bonus of one million dollars. The organizers did not comment on a possible individual start of the Californian.
In the mixed double, Williams each won a title at the Australian Open and the French Open. In New York, its best mixed result was in 1998.
In Washington, Williams return to the tour last year after recovery from a uterine operation. Her last professional fact that the five-time Wimbledon winner played at the WTA tournament in Miami in March 2024.
Before her first-round match in the US duel with Peyton Stearns, Williams himself fueled speculations about a return to the site of her US Open Triumph in the singles of 2000 and 2001 last weekend. “At the moment I’m at this tournament. But who knows: Maybe something else will come, but I don’t let myself be looked at the cards,” said the Olympic champion of 2000: “I think I know what I want to do, but I don’t necessarily want to talk about it.”
At the US Open, the mixed will take place for the first time this year in a reformed design form a few days before the main tournament (from August 24) in Flushing Meadows. After the facelifting through a new appointment, more prize money, a more compact schedule and fewer matches, all top 10 players of men and nine of the best twelve women have registered in the world rankings for the competition.