Venus Williams will play her 24TH US Open at age 43 as she will get a wild card entry into the event in New York together with two-time runner-up Caroline Wozniacki

Venus Williams might be again within the U.S. Open for a twenty fourth time at age 43, and Caroline Wozniacki will be part of her within the discipline for her return to Grand Slam tennis.

Each gamers got wild playing cards into the event on Wednesday by the U.S. Tennis Affiliation.

Williams was the U.S. Open champion in 2000 and 2001, two of her seven main singles titles. A 12 months after youthful sister Serena retired following the event, Venus Williams might be again in Flushing Meadows, the place she reached the ultimate in her debut in 1997.

She lately returned to competitors after lacking practically six months due to harm and this week scored her first victory over a top-20 player in four years, beating 16th-ranked Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 7-5 within the first spherical of the Western & Southern Open on Monday.

Wozniacki introduced in June that she was returning to competitors three years after retiring to begin a household, and the USTA stated then that she can be given a wild card into the event the place she was twice the runner-up. 

Venus Williams, 43, will play as a wild card at US Open, which she gained twice, for a twenty fourth time

Caroline Wozniacki, 33 – a two-time US Open finalist – will even make her comeback in Queens

The previous No. 1-ranked participant from Denmark, who has two youngsters with husband and former NBA participant David Lee, earned the primary victory in her comeback final week in Montreal.

Nevertheless, she suffered defeat within the second spherical by Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic.

Wozniacki is a two-time finalist on the U.S. Open, ending because the runner-up in 2009 and 2014. 

She misplaced to Belgium’s Kim Clijsters in 2009 and to Serena Williams within the later match.

John Isner, who was as soon as the highest-ranked American, will even be a wild card on the main

American girls Ashlyn Krueger, Robin Montgomery, Kayla Day and Clervie Ngounoue additionally will obtain wild playing cards into the principle draw, as will Fiona Ferro of France and Storm Hunter of Australia, as a part of reciprocal agreements with their tennis federations.

Ferro accused her former coach, Pierre Bouteyre, of sexual assault final 12 months, shortly after shedding in qualifying on the U.S. Open.

John Isner, a two-time U.S. Open quarterfinalist who was lengthy the highest-ranked American man, was given a wild card for his seventeenth look in the principle draw.

Fellow Individuals Alex Michelsen, Michael Mmoh, Steve Johnson, Ethan Quinn and Learner Tien additionally bought wild playing cards, as did Benjamin Bonzi of France and Australian Rinky Hijikata. 

Play in the principle draw begins on August 28.