Venus Williams just came back from a 16-month break from professional tennis. But she didn’t return because she missed playing — rather, she missed her health insurance. “I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams, 45, said this week after beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — Venus Williams took the Mubadala Citi DC Open by storm.

Venus Williams says she is "up to fight" after winning her first match in two years and becoming the oldest woman (45) to win on the tour level since 2004.