AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Tennis nice Venus Williams plans to play for a thirty third straight season on the WTA Tour, beginning in Auckland in January.
Organizers of the ASB Traditional in New Zealand mentioned Wednesday that Williams, 45, would characteristic at their Jan. 5-11 occasion.
It suggests the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion is making ready for the Australian Open later that month, a event she has twice misplaced within the remaining.
Williams made her professional event debut in 1994 in Oakland, California, and has performed at the very least two WTA occasions in every season since, the tour mentioned.
She final performed in singles on the US Open in August, shedding in three units to Eleventh-seeded Karolina Muchova within the first spherical.
Ranked No. 570, Williams is 5 years older than the next-oldest-ranked gamers, Naoko Eto and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.