Venus Williams joins packed field at the Brisbane International

Now, also former world number one Venus Williams joins the field. Williams will be joining current world no.1 Ashleigh Barty, Naomi Osaka and also 2017 and 2019 champion Karolina Pliskova. On playing in Brisbane, Venus said:

“After so many years on the tour, it is good to play at new tournaments and experience a different city. Brisbane International is always spoken of so highly among the WTA players and so I wanted to see it for myself,” Venus said.

“I know it will be hot in January and that is exactly the conditions I need to get used to as I prepare for the Australian Open.”

[embed]https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1199345313942667270[/embed]