Twenty-six years after Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut, the five-times champion will be back on Centre Court once again on Monday and the 43-year-old American said she could even play until she is 50.'It's never been done before so if there is anyone who could do it, it would be me,' Williams told
Twenty-six years after Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut, the five-times champion will be back on Centre Court once again on Monday and the 43-year-old American said she could even play until she is 50.
Venus, however, has soldiered on through injuries despite falling out of the top 1,000 in the rankings at one stage last year, but she has no plans of following her younger sister into retirement any time soon. "So I wanted to be and I couldn't. I put my head down and put even more work in and got myself in a much better position."
Williams has not won a singles title on the WTA Tour since 2016 and when asked what keeps her going, she said with a smile:"Well, there's really great insurance benefits on the tour!"World number one and French Open champion Iga Swiatek also plays on the first day of the championships when she takes on China's Zhu Lin in the first round.
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