45-year-old Venus Williams has trained 'non-stop' ahead of Australian Open return

Venus Williams says she is 'super grateful' to play at the Australian Open for the first time in five years.

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00:00الإنسان has been five years since I've been here they flew by and I'm super

00:06super grateful for the opportunity from Tennis Australia and grateful for the

00:14opportunity to to play in front of the fans I've just received so much support

00:18the tournaments leading up and walking around the city and everything so my

00:24hope is to play my best I was training non-stop those three months there were

00:28iy then i was super busy so i'll have to take a week off here or

00:31three days off there but for the most part i was training

00:35and trying to get myself back in the groove

00:38at this point i need to be kind to myself

00:40because i'm getting so many things right but

00:43you know there had been a lack of playing matches so

00:47you know i'm playing well

00:49i'm setting myself up each point

00:51to win points

00:53and controlling the point so

00:55that's exactly how i

00:56أريد أن أعطيه أن أعطيه.

00:58أعطيه أعطيه أعطيه أعطيه.