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This video of Venus Williams' first tour level win feels appropriate. A 14-year-old Venus Williams makes her WTA tour debut in 1994 with a win. Today, she got her 819th tour level win at 45 years old. 31 years on tour. Some things never change 🥹 (via @cnnsport)

Venus Williams on her fiancées support after getting 1st singles win since 2023 “My fiancée is here. He really encouraged me to keep playing. Do you know how hard it is to play tennis? It’s 9 to 5 except you’re running the whole time” 😭😭😭😭

Venus Williams after becoming the oldest WTA match winner since 2004: “I had to come back for the insurance, because they informed me this year that I’m on cobra. So it’s like, I got to get my benefits on” 😭😭😭😭

Venus Williams d. Stearns 6-3 6-4 in Washington Unranked Out for 16 months Age 45 ✅1st singles win since 2023 You can take a legend out of the game, but you can’t take the game out of a legend What an honor to witness this icon once again 🇺🇸❤️

Venus Williams becomes the oldest WTA match winner since Martina Navratilova in 2004. Martina Navratilova - 47 years old. Venus Williams - 45 years old. Incredible. 🇺🇸❤️

Man shut your ass up

Venus Williams hits an UNREAL lob against Peyton Stearns in Washington. 45 years old & hasn’t played a tour level singles match in more than a year. Simply unbelievable… but that’s what legends do. 👑

Venus Williams wins a fantastic point against Peyton Stearns in Washington. 45 years young… and she is MOVING. Legend. 😮‍💨 🇺🇸❤️

Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka will face each other next in Washington. This will be their first tour-level meeting. Battle of Grand Slam Champions. Who wins? 🇬🇧🇯🇵

Naomi Osaka d. Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-5 In her first Washington appearance since 2018, Naomi gets the win. This is also her 4th consecutive win over Yulia. Blasting the ball on the hard courts… something she’s made an incredible career out of. Looking good. 🇯🇵❤️

Emma Raducanu after beating Marta Kostyuk in Washington: “I need to rest up and get ready for my ER squared doubles” 😂

Raducanu d. Marta Kostyuk 7-6(4) 6-4 in Washington Emma gets her first win of the hard court swing. The last time we saw her at Wimbledon, she was playing some incredible tennis against the world #1. In sharp form with her favorite Slam coming up… Great signs. 🇬🇧❤️

Novak Djokovic with Luka Modric in Croatia 🇷🇸🇭🇷

500 wins🥳 And yes… that’s my cake! If you need tips for a wow-effect celebration, call me.

Kalinskaya d. Rakhimova 6-2 6-3 in Washington Nice win for Anna to start her hard court swing. It’s been an up & down season with some health issues, but she’s still striking the ball as well as ever. It’d be great to see her build some momentum ahead of the U.S. Open. 💜

Katerina Siniakova, who's applied for a wildcard to get into the US Open mixed doubles event, had this to say: "When two world number ones in doubles don't get into the tournament, there's probably nothing more to say about it."

Rybakina & Raducanu d. Mihalikova & Nicholls 2-6 7-6 11-9 in Washington Elena & Emma win their first match as a doubles team. Not smooth sailing, but some good problem solving to get it done. Rybacanu is up & running. ❤️ 🇰🇿🇬🇧

Holger Rune has hired Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic's ex fitness coach, Marco Panichi. They're scheduled to begin their partnership in Cincinnati. Source: bt.dk/tennis/rune-le…