Serena Williams, who has not played a competitive match since capturing last year's Australian Open, will return to the court next month at a Fed Cup tie, the US Tennis Association announced. This will be the first time in two years that either Williams sister has been on the US Fed Cup squad. Serena last played Fed Cup in April 2015, when she won two singles matches in a World Group playoff loss to Italy in Brindisi. Venus, ranked fifth, won two singles matches in her most recent Fed Cup appearance in a 2016 tie against Poland in Hawaii. The only Dutch wins came in 1968 and 1997.

Source: dna January 24, 2018 08:48 UTC