That Venus Williams lost her first Grand Slam match in two years — and what she says will be her last match of 2025 — didn't really matter Monday night. Certainly not to the thousands of supportive spectators in the Arthur Ashe Stadium seats who roared for her best shots and,

Venus Williams, 45, becomes the oldest singles player to compete at the U.S. Open since 1981 during her first-round loss to Karolina Muchova.

The 45-year-old brought her big serve and powerful groundstrokes to the fore before falling to 11th seed Karolina Muchova.