Venus Williams may be 43 years old, yet she's still owning the court like she's 23.
Williams collected another top-50 win on Monday in the Rothesay Classic at Birmingham, Great Britain when she defeated Italy's Camila Giorgi in a tight matchup.
Williams feels like she turned back the clock just a little bit with her performance.
"I hit some serves at 120 today, I haven't done that in a couple years," Williams said with a smile on Monday. "So I was like, 'Oh, my God! There it is! I've missed you!"
QUEEN VEE THINGS!!! 👑@Venuseswilliams ousts Giorgi in a three-set thriller, 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(6) in Birmingham!#RothesayClassic pic.twitter.com/aajuL9YMSz
— wta (@WTA) June 19, 2023
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This is just Williams' third overall match win since Wimbledon 2021, where she fell in the Round of 64 to Ons Jaebur in straight sets. It's also her first top-50 win since the fall of 2019, when she defeated then-No. 34 Barbora Strycova in the China Open in three sets. Giorgi is ranked 48th in the WTA.
That's roughly 1,360 days. Here's how Williams added to her historic accomplishments, despite ranking 697th in the tour.
Venus Williams vs. Camila Giorgi results
Williams defeated Giorgi in three sets and two tiebreakers. She advanced to the Round of 16 on Wednesday, June 21, with her next opponent still to be determined.
| Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | |
| Venus Williams | 7 (7) | 4 | 7 (8) |
| Camila Giorgi | 6 (5) | 6 | 6 (6) |
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When was Venus Williams' last win?
Williams' last win was in January 2023 at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. There, she defeated Katie Volynets in the Round of 32 in two sets: 7-6(4), 6-2.
She advanced to the round of 16, where she lost to Lin Zhu in three sets: 6-3, 2-6, 5-7. Before 2023, she hadn't won a match since summer of 2021 at Wimbledon. There, she had defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu in the round of 128 in three sets: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
She went on to lose in the round of 64 to Ons Jaebur in two straight sets: 5-7, 0-6.
This year, she has added zero singles titles to her overflowing career trophy shelf of 49.
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How old is Venus Williams?
Williams turned 43 on June 17. She was born in 1980 in Saginaw, Mich., to Richard Dove Williams Jr. and Oracene Price. She is the older sister of Serena Williams by two years.
Williams is the oldest active player on the WTA Tour in 2023.
Oldest player to win a WTA Tour singles tournament
Billie Jean King is the oldest tennis player to win a singles tournament on the WTA Tour. On June 12, 1983, King was 39 when she defeated Alycia Moulton in two straight sets in the final of the Edgbaston Cup.
The tennis pioneer retired shortly after the feat, ending her illustrious career with 129 singles titles, 39 of them major; this includes 12 in singles, 16 in doubles and 11 in mixed doubles.
She is regarded as one of the best, if not the best, to ever do it.
