Venus Williams (696th, USA), the oldest active player,안전놀이터 lost a come-from-behind match in the Women’s Professional Tennis (WTA) Tour Tournament in six months.
Williams defeated Celine Naef (202nd, Switzerland) 1-2 in the first round of the singles final on the second day of the WTA Tour Libema Open (total prize money 225,480 euros) held in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands on the 13th (local time). 6-3 6-7<3-7> 2-6).
Born in June 1980, Williams is the oldest singles player on tour. Her sister, Serena Williams, who is one year younger, retired last year.
This was the first time Williams had competed in her official matches in six months since the ASB Classic in New Zealand in January of this year.
At the time, Williams did not play due to a hamstring injury after being eliminated in the second round of the ASB Classic.
On this day, Williams’ opponent, Naef, was born in June 2005 and is 25 years younger than her Williams.
Naef earned her first WTA Tour singles final victory by defeating her Williams.
Williams is preparing for Wimbledon, which opens in early July.
He won Wimbledon five times, in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008, and won the US Open in 2000 and 2001.