Venus Williams loses in three sets at the U.S. Open in her first Grand Slam match in two years

Even at age 45, even after two years away from Grand Slam tennis, Venus Williams displayed some large serves and highly effective groundstrokes on the U.S. Open on Monday night time in entrance of a supportive crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, earlier than dropping 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to Karolina Muchova.

Williams was the oldest singles participant on the hard-court match since Renee Richards in 1981.

She began slowly, ceding 11 of the preliminary 13 factors and falling behind 2-0. With members of the gang shouting, “Let’s go, Venus!” and roaring after her winners — and her fiance, Andrea Preti, leaping out of his seat — Williams took the subsequent three video games to go forward 3-2, earlier than Muchova grabbed the subsequent 4 to assert that set.

However Williams broke to start the second set on her approach to tying the match.

Within the third set, although, 2023 French Open runner-up Muchova, who’s 29, was just too good.