Despite being 42 years old and ranked 1,007th, Venus Williams will be a guest at the Australia Open 2023.
A wild card also allowed Williams to play at the WTA Auckland this week. For now, she has overcome her compatriot Katie Volynets, who qualified from the qualifiers, by winning 7-6(4) and 6-2. During the opening set, the veteran tennis player allowed herself the luxury of taking a break.
In the next round of Auckland, Lin Zhu awaits the Chinese after she defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu in the first round of Wimbledon 2021.
She won a match in Oakland (United States) at 14 and in Auckland (New Zealand) at 42, as fate would have it.
