WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Venus Williams is ready to make her twenty fourth look within the singles draw at Wimbledon after the 43-year-old American was given a wild-card entry on Wednesday.

Williams is a five-time Wimbledon singles champion and was a finalist on the grass-court main in 2017, 20 years after her debut on the All England Club.

Ranked 697th, Williams beat Forty eighth-ranked Camila Giorgi 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6) on Monday on the Birmingham Classic. It was her first victory over a participant within the prime 50 in practically 4 years.

The seven-time Grand Slam champion subsequent performs Jelena Ostapenko on the Wimbledon warm-up occasion.

Williams’ youthful sister Serena is a seven-time Wimbledon champion. Serena Williams misplaced within the first spherical finally yr’s event and shortly after introduced her choice to step away from tennis.

Ukrainian participant Elina Svitolina and British gamers Heather Watson and Katie Boulter had been additionally given wild playing cards for the ladies’s draw. David Goffin, a Belgian who reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2019 and 2022, was amongst of the boys given wild playing cards.

Wimbledon begins on July 3.

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