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' return to the US Open was short-lived, but not before she put up a valiant effort in a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 loss to No. 11 Karolina Muchova in the first round on Monday night.

The 45-year-old brought her big serve and powerful groundstrokes to the fore before falling to 11th seed Karolina Muchova.