AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Tennis nice Venus Williams will play her thirty third consecutive season on the WTA Tour, beginning in January in Auckland.
Organizers of the ASB Basic in New Zealand introduced Wednesday that Williams, 45, will compete within the January 5-11 occasion.
This implies the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion is making ready for the Australian Open later that month, the place she has misplaced twice within the closing.
Based on the tour, Williams made her skilled event debut in 1994 in Oakland, California, and has competed in no less than two WTA occasions every season since then.
Her final singles look was on the US Open in August, the place she misplaced within the first spherical to eleventh seed Karolina Muchova in three units.
Williams, ranked No. 570, is 5 years older than Naoko Eto and Bethany Mattek-Sands, the subsequent highest ranked.
