Venus Williams to make singles comeback in Toronto
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 [July 21, 2022]
(Reuters) - Former world no. 1
Venus Williams will make her singles comeback after nearly a year at
next month's WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto, joining her sister
Serena at the event.
Venus, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, was awarded a wild card
into the main draw for the Aug. 6-15 National Bank Open on
Wednesday.
The 42-year-old last played a singles match at the Chicago Women's
Open in August 2021, where she lost in the first round to Hsieh
Su-Wei.
Her most recent return to court was when she teamed up with
Britain's Jamie Murray and reached the second round in the mixed
doubles at Wimbledon.
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Venus Williams of the U.S. is pictured in the stands ahead of the
first round match between Serena Williams of the U.S. and France's
Harmony Tan REUTERS/Matthew Childs
Venus's sister and 23-times major winner Serena
elected to use her protected ranking to enter the main draw in
Toronto, where world number one Iga Swiatek, four-time Grand Slam
winner Naomi Osaka and U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu are also on
the entry list.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian
Radnedge)
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