Venus Williams is ready to make her twenty fourth look within the singles draw at Wimbledon after the 43-year-old American was given a wildcard entry on Wednesday.
Williams is a five-time Wimbledon singles champion and was a finalist on the grass-court main in 2017, 20 years after her debut on the All England Club.
Ranked 697th, Williams beat Forty eighth-ranked Camila Giorgi 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) on Monday on the Birmingham Classic for her first victory over a participant within the high 50 in almost 4 years.
The seven-time grand slam champion subsequent performs Jelena Ostapenko on the Wimbledon warm-up occasion.
Williams’ youthful sister Serena is a seven-time Wimbledon champion. Serena Williams misplaced within the first spherical finally 12 months’s event and shortly after introduced her resolution to step away from tennis.
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and British gamers Heather Watson and Katie Boulter have been additionally given wildcards for the ladies’s draw. David Goffin, a Belgian who reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2019 and 2022, was amongst of the lads given wildcards.
Wimbledon begins on July 3.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
