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 fell short of causing an upset at the US Open, but reminded those on the tour of her skill by taking a set off world number 12 Karolina Muchova.

Venus Williams, 45, played her first Grand Slam match in two years at the US Open on Monday, displaying some big serves and powerful groundstrokes before losing 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to Karolina Muchova.