Venus Williams recently faced fan fury over the comments she made about Serena Williams' comeback. After the 46-year-old seemingly ‘shaded’ Maya Joint's performance against her younger sister, tennis enthusiasts labelled Williams' behaviour as ‘embarrassing'.
After spending four years in retirement, Serena Williams made her comeback to tennis earlier this season, competing in the women's doubles at the Queen's Club Championships and Berlin Tennis Open. At the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, the American was handed a wild card for the women's singles event, where she lost her opening round to Australia’s Maya Joint, who had been on a 11-match long losing streak up until then.
Recently, during a press conference at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, Venus Williams weighed in on her younger sister's performance, telling media,
Reacting to the seeming criticism of Joint, one fan slammed the 7-time Grand Slam champion for her comments, writing on X,
Another fan added that Williams' behaviour was ‘embarrassing', writing,
Here is how other tennis enthusiasts reacted to Venus Williams' comments about Serena Williams' comeback;
On the tennis end of things, Venus Williams is gearing up to compete at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, a WTA 500 event. The 46-year-old will kick off her women's singles campaign in Washington against Anastasia Potapova, while pairing up with Diana Shnaider for the women's doubles event.
Over the course of 2026, Wiliams has competed in the singles event at eight different tournaments, but has failed to make it past the opening round each time. Her best performance in the doubles event was a quarterfinals finish at the Bad Homburg Open.
Meanwhile, Serena Williams suffered a knee injury during her singles comeback at the Wimbledon Championships. The American has since been out of action and she recently missed the window to receive a wild card for the National Bank Open, further delaying her return to competition in the singles event. The 44-year-old is still eligible to enter the women's doubles draw in Toronto.
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