Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: October 19, 2023, 11:48 IST
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Tennis legend Venus Williams (AP)
Venus Williams stated the primary-spherical loss on the Wimbledon not solely disrupted her plans for the fourth quarter of 2023, but in addition the beginning of 2024.
The former World No.1 tennis participant Venus Willams has no intentions of calling time on her tennis profession simply but because the American revealed that she’s ‘targeting a return’ to competitors in March subsequent yr.
Williams stated this week that the primary-spherical loss she suffered by the hands of Elina Svitolina on the Wimbledon not solely disrupted her plans for the fourth quarter of 2023, but in addition the beginning of 2024.
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But in a latest interview with Tennis.com, the 43-yr-previous stated she’s now focusing on a return subsequent spring.
“I tried my best to recover for the US Open. I did not reach my form so now I am just resting until I get back. I am targeting March, that’s when the tournaments go back to the States, so my goal is to be up and running when tournaments come back to the U.S,” Williams stated.
Williams performed three occasions after that fateful slip at Wimbledon. She misplaced in the primary spherical in Montreal, and beat Veronika Kudermetova in the opening spherical in Cincinnati for her first Top 20 win in 4 years earlier than dropping to Zheng Qinwen.
Her final match of the season was a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Belgian Greet Minnen in the primary spherical on the US Open. It was Williams’s most lopsided US Open loss in 100 profession matches on the match.
Williams performed seven occasions in 2023, as her schedule was interrupted for practically six months as a consequence of an damage she suffered on the yr’s first occasion, the ASB Classic in Auckland.
In 2023, Williams participated in seven occasions and posted a 3-7 document, however her aggressive schedule was considerably disrupted on account of an damage she sustained on the ASB Classic in Auckland, which sidelined her for practically six months.
She returned to motion for the grass-courtroom season, the place she notably beat Camila Giorgi in a 3-hour, 17-minute epic in Birmingham. She’s presently ranked No. 408.
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