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Venus Williams wears pink hot pants and a matching T-shirt as she practises ahead of Wimbledon Championships after being given a wild-card entry

The sportswoman, 43, slipped into a pair of pale pink hot pants and a matching V-neck T-shirt for the session.

 

She’s set to make her 24th appearance in the singles draw at Wimbledon after being given a wild-card entry on.

 

And Venus Williams made sure to get some practice in as she headed down to Aorangi Park courts in London on Wednesday.

 

The sportswoman, 43, slipped into a pair of pale pink hot pants and a matching V-neck T-shirt for the session.

 

She shielded her eyes from the sun with a white visor and pulled her bubblegum hair back into a ponytail.

 

Venus went seemingly makeup free, showing off her flawless complexion and wore a practical pair of Lacoste trainers.

 

 

Warm up: Venus Williams, 43, made sure to get some practice in as she headed down to Aorangi Park courts in London on Wednesday.

 

The Wimbledon Championships will begin on Monday July 3, with the American tennis player set to make her 24th appearance. 

 

Venus is a five-time Wimbledon singles champion and was a finalist at the grass-court major in 2017, two decades after her debut at the All England Club.

 

Ranked 697th, Williams beat 48th-ranked Camila Giorgi 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6) last week at the Birmingham Classic. It was her first victory over a player in the top 50 in nearly four years.

 

It comes after Venus lost 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to second-seeded Jelena Ostapenko on Thursday in the second round of the at the Birmingham Classic, which is serving as a warmup for Wimbledon.

 

She has just returned after six months out with a hamstring injury sustained in Auckland in the first week of the year.

 

Williams, who played with strapping around her right knee against Ostapenko, received an off-court medical timeout when at 2-2 in the second set.

 

She looked uncomfortable when she returned to the grass but continued to play, fighting for every point and even saving a match point at 5-3 before recovering to win four games in a row and take it to a decider.

 

By the end of a 44-minute third set, Williams´ mobility was limited and Ostapenko sealed victory with a forehand down the line.

 

A seven-time Grand Slam champion and five-time winner of the Wimbledon singles, Williams was this week granted a wild card by the All England Club for this year´s championships and she has justified it.

 

 

Practice: The sportswoman slipped into a pair of pale pink hot pants and a matching V-neck T-shirt for the session

 

 

On the ball: Venus went seemingly makeup free, showing off her flawless complexion and wore a practical pair of Lacoste trainers

 

 

Game: She shielded her eyes from the sun with a white visor and pulled her bubblegum hair back into a ponytail

 

 

Up next: The Wimbledon Championships will begin on Monday July 3, with the American tennis player set to make her 24th appearance

 

 

Back: She has just returned after six months out with a hamstring injury sustained in Auckland in the first week of the year

 

Top-seeded Barbora Krejcikova earlier maintained her confident progress by reaching the quarterfinals with a straight-set win over fellow Czech player Tereza Martincova.

 

With the 6-4, 6-4 victory, Krejcikova has yet to drop a set at the tournament.

 

The No. 12-ranked Krejcikova won her first-round match 6-3, 6-3 against Cristina Bucsa.

 

Eighth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-4 by Magdalena Frech of Poland, and Rebecca Marino of Canada defeated 150th-ranked American player Emina Bektas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1).

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