The 45-year-old winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles rolled to her 819th career WTA singles victory. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Venus Williams kept her cards close to her chest when she returned to competition at this week’s WTA 500 event in Washington. The former world No. 1 won her opening matches in singles and doubles after spending 16 months away from the tennis tour, but refused to give away her plans for the future.

Venus Williams is paired with Reilly Opelka, and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova is joined by Holger Rune on the updated list of teams signed up to try to enter the newfangled U.S.

Now 40 years of age, Williams’ career will come full circle as her final match is to be played at the site of the first of her 23 grand slam singles wins, the 1999 US Open. Then just a teenager ...

Serena Williams, the icon, the legend, the GOAT, lost in the third round of the US Open, marking her final match as a professional tennis player. Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic beat Williams on ...

Champion tennis player Venus Williams says she’s coming out of retirement because she needs health insurance, but industry experts say her example shows how little Americans understand their health care options.

The comments by the tennis great draw attention to the broader crisis of health care affordability and medical debt.