By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, August 23, 2025
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Twenty five years after Venus Williams She won her daughter US Open, she has returned to the one -way equalizer.
Expect the 45-year-old legend to welcome a hero when she goes to the Arthur Ashe Stadium Court to confront former French Open Open Carolina in the civilian Monday at night.
Meeting the media in Flushing Meadows today, Venus Williams said she has two main goals for her return to the Grand Slam: Be the best and have fun.
“I want to be my best, and that is the reception I have for myself, to get the best of me,” Williams said. “And that’s all that every player can look for. I haven’t played as much as other players, so it’s another challenge when dealing with that.
“So I’m just trying, how to have fun, stay calm and be my best personal.”
It will be the world’s first big world match of World 1 after it lost to the qualification to greet Minne in the first round of US Open 2023.
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On her return to Washington, DC last month, Williams defeated world no. 35 Peyton Stearns in straight groups before bending to Magdalena Frech.
The 11th and 8th Muchova is a very capable player for the whole court, who just faced Williams at Louis Armstrong Stadium last week. Andrey Rublev and Muchova headed Reilly Opelka and Williams in the opening of mixed doubles in the US Open.
The two -time US Open sampling said she was used to calling a little of her drives and playing more control over the three matches of a single she played this summer.
“I did exactly what I had to do. For now, it was just hit hard, it goes out,” Williams said. “So I’m going
Try to hit less, so get inside. But the good news is that I’m having fun checking the points. It is a great style of play for me. ”
There are widespread speculation, this is a seven -time Grand Slam champion for Flushing Meadows 28 years after her candidacy in her first US Open final. Williams has not made a final statement about her future playing, though today she said that despite her New York outcome she is an eternal tennisist.
“I think I’ll always play tennis. It’S’S’S IN MY DNA. So it doesn’t matter if it is now or 30 years now,” Williams said. “God willingly. I will be here, we will all be here, we will all hit the balls. Maybe I will do
Come back to see.
“Maybe I will say that I did it better, and it won’t be true. But in any case, tennis will always be
one of the most important parts of my life. “
