Venus Williams returned to the US Open for the first time in two years on Monday night and treated the capacity crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium to a throwback evening.

Even at age 45, even after two years away from grand slam tennis, Venus Williams displayed some big serves and powerful groundstrokes at the US Open on Monday night in front of a supportive crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium,

Venus Williams, at age 45, returned to the US Open and took No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova to three sets before losing in the first round.