Wimbledon: Venus Williams to team up with Jamie Murray in mixed doubles

ANI
30 Jun 2022, 14:03 GMT+10

London [UK], June 30 (ANI): Making her return to tennis, five-times Wimbledon singles champion Venus Williams will be seen in action after the American and Briton Jamie Murray were granted a wildcard for the mixed doubles by the All England Club.

Williams and Murray received a wild card into the mixed-doubles draw and will face Alicja Rosolska and Michael Venus in the first round. The mixed doubles competition begins on Friday.

Williams, 42, is a two-time mixed doubles champion. She won both titles in 1998 at the Australian Open and French Open. She also won Olympic silver with Rajeev Ram at the 2016 Olympics.

On the other hand, Murray twice won the title of mixed doubles at Wimbledon - partnering with Jelena Jankovic in 2007 and Martina Hingis in 2017 - while Williams reached the final with Bob Bryan in 2006.

Williams' last foray on the mixed-doubles court came last summer at Wimbledon, where she paired with Australia's Nick Kyrgios. The headline-grabbing duo won their opening round before Kyrgios was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury.

With Venus' announcement, both Williams sisters have returned to Grand Slam action. However, Serena Williams suffered a first-round exit on Tuesday after facing defeat against unseeded Harmony Tan at Wimbledon 2022. (ANI)

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Canada Standard.

More Information

16 ℃

Partly Cloudy / Windy in Ottawa/Macdonald

International

Section

Chinese ship held in Malaysia after removing arms from sunk WWII ship

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's maritime agency has said that it found a cannon shell believed to be from World War ...

School claims boy's death suicide but wound marks on body suggest torture

KATHMANDU, Nepal - For the past three days, agitated students and guardians have been protesting against the school administration at ...

China turns down US request for defense chiefs meeting

BEIJING, China: In a new sign of strain between the United States and China, Beijing has rejected a request from ...

Mummified nun draws hundreds of visitors to rural Missouri town

GOWER, Missouri: Hundreds of people flocked to the small town of Gower, Missouri, to see a mummified nun, Sister Wilhelmina ...

Japan: PM's son resigns for holding party at official residence

TOKYO, Japan: After coming under public criticism for using Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's residence for a private party, his ...

Remains identified of US pilot from Pennsylvania killed during WWII

WASHINGTON D.C.: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that 2nd Lt. James Litherland of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, an Army ...

Sports

Section