Venus Williams to return to Australian Open

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Venus Williams to return to Australian Open  Five years after her last appearance at the tournament, Venus Williams is set to compete in the Australian Open which gets underway later this month. At the age of 45, Williams is to become the oldest woman to compete in the tournament.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/02/venus-williams-to-return-to-australian-open  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Five years after her last appearance at the Australian Open, Venus Williams is back.

00:08The tournament kicks off on the 18th of January in Melbourne.

00:13Aged 45, Williams is to become the oldest woman to compete in an Australian Open main draw.

00:20Back in November, she announced she would play in Auckland, New Zealand,

00:25where she was given a wild card days ahead of the Australian Open.

00:30Her return to the tournament comes 28 years after her first appearance in the competition in 1998.

00:38That year, she beat her younger sister Serena in the second round,

00:43before losing in the quarter-finals to fellow American Lindsay Davenport.

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