{"id":176957,"date":"2025-08-26T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176957\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:06:13","slug":"venus-williams-wins-impressive-set-but-falls-in-first-round-at-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176957\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams Wins Impressive Set, but Falls in First Round at U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xz5pvl9l3\">Venus Williams showed out in <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/tennis\/venus-williams-us-open-2025-wild-card\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her 25th U.S. Open appearance<\/a> on Monday night in the first round. However, she ended up losing in three sets to world No. 13 Karol\u00edna Muchov\u00e1, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_k6e2xpuj8\">The 45-year-old tennis legend put up quite the fight against Muchov\u00e1, though. The second set, which Williams won 6-2, saw Williams play some of her best tennis fans have seen in years, especially up against one of the world&#8217;s best players right now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She is the moment!<\/p>\n<p>In her 25th US Open, Venus Williams is one set away from Round 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BdHrCVzqQI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BdHrCVzqQI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Open Tennis (@usopen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopen\/status\/1960142481216917654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5p1t8y581\">Williams exited the stadium pretty quickly after the match, but she was greeted with loud applause from the American crowd. The U.S. Open will forever be big fans of Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Always a pleasure to see Venus Williams back on a tennis court. <\/p>\n<p>See you again soon \ud83d\udc4b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/652KMbh2Ve\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/652KMbh2Ve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Open Tennis (@usopen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopen\/status\/1960151018257195153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_f3ngb59r2\">Regardless of the outcome, it was incredible to see Williams compete hard at Arthur Ashe Stadium again. She&#8217;s a two-time U.S. Open champion, those titles coming back in 2000 and &#8217;01. Williams may be the oldest women&#8217;s player to compete in the U.S. Open since 47-year-old Ren\u00e9e Richards in 1981, but she didn&#8217;t show her age on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_a0jwaxgh5\">This year was Williams&#8217;s first U.S. Open appearance since 2023, in which she also lost in the first round. Williams last won at the major tournament in &#8217;19. It&#8217;s unknown what the future holds for Williams, but if this was her last dance at the U.S. Open, what a way to go out in New York.<\/p>\n<p>More on Sports Illustrated<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venus Williams showed out in her 25th U.S. Open appearance on Monday night in the first round. 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