# Tennis: Forty-five-year-old Venus Williams plans to play in the Auckland Classic in New Zealand in January. The former world number one and seven-time Grand Slam champion had been awarded a wild card for the tournament taking place from the fifth to the 11th. It is used as warm-up for the Australian Open, starting in Melbourne the next day. Auckland tournament director Nicolas Lamperin says the American is one of the great players of the modern era and is in a remarkable shape and form.
Tennis: 45-year-old Venus Williams will play in Auckland Classic in January