Venus Williams given US Open singles wildcard – will Serena join her?

Venus did not play singles at Wimbledon and has played just one Grand Slam match this year - a first-round loss to Serbia's Olga Danilovic at the Australian Open.'Doubles return likely for Williams sisters' By Russell Fuller, Tennis correspondent Venus may not have won a singles match for over a year, but she is at least appearing regularly - she has played singles and doubles in Washington, Toronto and Cincinnati in the last month alone.

Venus became the oldest US Open singles player in 44 years when she played at the tournament last year.