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Venus Williams grew to become the oldest girl to win a WTA tour-level singles match in 21 years on Tuesday, when she defeated Thirty fifth-ranked Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4 within the first spherical of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday night.
Williams, 45, had not competed because the March 2024 Miami Open. She teamed with Washington, D.C. native Hayley Baptiste to win in doubles on Monday evening and transformed 6-of-14 break level probabilities towards the 23-year outdated Stearns. Moreover, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion served 9 aces within the 1-hour, 37-minute match.
Williams grew to become the oldest participant to earn a WTA singles victory since Martina Navratilova gained a match at Wimbledon in 2004 as a 47-year-old.
In different first-round motion, a pair of Grand Slam champions claimed victory. Japan’s Naomi Osaka defeated Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putinseva, 6-2, 7-5 and 2021
US Open winner Emma Radacanu of Great Britain edged No. 7 Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Other first-round winners included Americans No. 6 Sofia Kenin, Taylor Townsend, and Caroline Dolehide.
Prague Open
No. 1 seed Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic held off Russian qualifier Anastasia Gasanova 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) in first-round motion Tuesday on the Livesport Prague Open.
Noskova overcame 5-4 deficits in each tiebreaks to beat a participant ranked No. 249 on the planet. The residence favourite will meet Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto within the second spherical.
No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang of China ousted Britain’s Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-3. Czech Katerina Siniakova knocked out No. 7 Elena Gabriela Ruse 7-5, 6-2. Also advancing have been France’s Leolia Jeanjean and Jessika Ponchet and Czechs Lucie Havlickova, Tereza Valentova, Dominika Salkova and Barbora Palicova.
–Field Level Media