Venus Williams riceve una wildcard per il Bad Homburg Open

Venus Williams parteciperà al Bad Homburg Open 2026 dopo aver ricevuto una wildcard per il tabellone principale. Il torneo WTA 500 su erba in Germania è in programma dal 20 al 27 giugno.

La quarantacinquenne sette volte campionessa del Grande Slam si unisce ad Alexandra Eala ed Eva Lys tra le beneficiarie di una wildcard. Venus Williams ha perso le sue ultime 10 partite in singolare nel WTA Tour, ma rimane un'attrazione di rilievo sull'erba, superficie su cui ha vinto cinque titoli a Wimbledon. Si tratta della sua quarta recente partecipazione tramite wildcard in un torneo su erba.

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