Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, NY as a wild card this year, and her first singles match of the tournament, against No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova on Monday, Aug. 25..

Her first Grand Slam final came at the 1997 U.S. Open, when she was 17. She also won two of her seven major championships there.

Venus Williams has lost her first Grand Slam match in two years in three sets NEW YORK -- Even at age 45, even after two years away from Grand Slam tennis, Venus Williams displayed some big serves and powerful groundstrokes at the U.