Put it in the court! Venus has basic target on her return in Washington

The five-time Wimbledon champion has taken a wild card into the WTA event in the American capital

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00:00When I went to Wimbledon this year, I was there for a day, and it was so beautiful and exciting,

00:05and I remembered all the times that I had, and, of course, the adrenaline, all those things.

00:11I think just the pure fun of playing the game, the fun of the challenge, overcoming.

00:17When you play, you can overcome so many challenges, your opponents, the conditions.

00:21A lot of times you have to overcome yourself.

00:24Those things are very exciting, so I think maybe just the challenge of it all.

00:29I hold my cards closed, but at the moment I'm focused just on this, and I haven't played in a year.

00:36There's no doubt I can play tennis, but obviously coming back to play matches, it takes time to get in the swing of things.

00:43I definitely feel I'll play well. I'm still the same player. I'm a big hitter.

00:48I hit big. This is my brand, so it's about hitting big and actually putting it in.

00:54So this will be my effort. Put it in the court. That's my main goal.

00:59I'm going to be my first.

01:00But I don't think I'm going to play with the judges.

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