Venus Williams

The 42-year-old former Wimbledon champion served for the match but couldn't close it out against Zhu Lin under the roof.

“Walking out, we really didn’t know what court we were going to play on, whether it was going to be indoors or outdoors. I was the first one out there and seeing what happens. Not ideal either.” But as the conditions dried out on Centre Court, the decision was made to move it outside, so spectators could watch it. It was tennis, but it was more about surviving, instead of playing great. It’s definitely not easy playing two different matches though, that’s for sure.

Zhu Lin came back from 5-3 down in the final set to topple former World No.1 Venus Williams and make the ASB Classic quarterfinals. Zhu will meet either ...

In the second set, Zhu battled to a 4-2 lead before the rain returned. However, Williams was quickly broken when serving for the match at 5-4. Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Williams was down a break when a one-hour rain delay came at 2-1 in the opening set. However, Gauff quickly reclaimed her advantage, breaking her opponent for the one-set lead after a Kenin forehand flew long on set point. Gauff had eight more winners and 14 fewer unforced errors than Kenin in the clash. Former World No.4 Kenin had beaten Gauff in their only prior encounter, which came en route to her Australian Open title three years ago.

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I’m happy to get a win today against a great opponent,” Williams, a former world No. “This is one of my favorite places to come, I was so excited that I made it here … [Venus Williams ](https://cnn.com/2022/08/30/tennis/venus-williams-us-open-singles-spt-intl/index.html)won her first tour-level singles match in a year and a half on Monday, December 2, 2023, defeating fellow American Katie Volynets 7-6(4) 6-2 in the opening round of the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams started the rain-interrupted match with a break down, but won five of the last six games to take the one-set lead. World ...

As Williams was approaching her first tour-level quarterfinal since 2019, serving for victory at 5-4 in the decider, Zhu quickly broke her serve and eventually won the last four games of the match. Her World No.84 Zhu, who saved a match point against Madison Brengle in the previous round, swiftly took the match to the third set.

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Venus Williams felt like she played two matches at the ASB Classic on Thursday and unfortunately for her, she lost the second of them. She was defeated by Zhu Lin from 3-6 6-2 7-5, in a match that started at 12.40pm and didn't finish until 7pm.

“Walking out, we really didn’t know what court we were going to play on, whether it was going to be indoors or outdoors. I was the first one out there and seeing what happens. Not ideal either.” But as the conditions dried out on Centre Court, the decision was made to move it outside, so spectators could watch it. It’s definitely not easy playing two different matches though, that’s for sure. It was tennis, but it was more about surviving, instead of playing great.

The seven-time Grand Slam champion was beaten by China's Zhu Lin in a match hindered by a 40-minute delay to move indoors.

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Williams broke first for 2-1 in the third set and extended that advantage to 5-3. She played only four matches in 2022 and was hoping to progress to the second round of a tournament for the first time since 2019. I’ve played a lot of matches in my life and I’ve played through some intense delays but it was definitely like two separate matches. Zhu held serve for 5-2 then broke Williams again to level the match. The British player slipped late in the second set and then summoned the trainer who heavily strapped her left ankle during a lengthy injury break. So to be honest it’s not a surprise that this happens to someone.

The five-time Wimbledon champion she had no idea of where and when she would be playing her match against Zhu Lin on Thursday.

“Walking out, we really didn’t know what court we were going to play on, whether it was going to be indoors or outdoors. I was the first one out there and seeing what happens. Not ideal either.” But as the conditions dried out on Centre Court, the decision was made to move it outside, so spectators could watch it. It’s definitely not easy playing two different matches though, that’s for sure. It was tennis, but it was more about surviving, instead of playing great.

Veteran Venus Williams led 5-3 in the final set before going down to Zhu Lin of China in Auckland.

Kenin had beaten Gauff when she won the Australian Open in 2020 but a lot has changed since then and Gauff, in her first WTA event as the No 1 seed, ran out a comfortable winner. The American then had four chances to break herself at 5-5 but couldn’t take them and was then broken again as Zhu set up a clash with another American, top seed [6-4, 6-4](https://www.tennismajors.com/matches/wta/asb-classic/coco-gauff-vs-sofia-kenin) to take her place in the last eight.

Venus Williams blew a 5-3 last-set lead in a match which stretched over nearly seven hours because of rain in losing to Zhu Lin of China 3-6, 6-2, ...

Zhu Lin of China has rallied from 5-3 down in the last set of a match which stretched over nearly seven hours because of rain to beat Venus Williams 3-6,

The 42-year-old Williams beat qualifier Katie Volynets 7-6 (4) 6-2 in the first round at the ASB Classic on Monday for her first singles victory since Wimbledon ...

Open, where she was beaten by Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who also is in the main draw at Auckland. “It is so great to be back and thank you for staying so late and I am glad that I managed to get a win.” “This is one of my favorite places to come and I was so excited that I made it here,” the former No.

The 42-year-old Williams beat qualifier Katie Volynets 7-6 (4) 6-2 in the first round at the ASB Classic on Monday for her first singles victory since Wimbledon ...

Open, where she was beaten by Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who also is in the main draw at Auckland. “It is so great to be back and thank you for staying so late and I am glad that I managed to get a win.” “This is one of my favorite places to come and I was so excited that I made it here,” the former No.