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Former world no. 1 Venus Williams will make her singles comeback after nearly a year at next months WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto, joining her sister Serena at the event.
Venus, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, was awarded a wild card into the main draw for the Aug. 6-15 National Bank Open on Wednesday.
The 42-year-old last played a singles match at the Chicago Womens Open in August 2021, where she lost in the first round to Hsieh Su-Wei.
Her most recent return to the court was when she teamed up with Britain’s Jamie Murray and reached the second round in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
Venuss sister and 23-time major Winner Serena elected to use her protected ranking to enter the main draw in Toronto, where world number one Iga Swiatek, four-time Grand Slam Winner Naomi Osaka and US Open Champion Emma Raducanu are also on the entry list .
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